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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031913983 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • carlsberg_director00@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Carlsberg Promotion Company" <alexanmg@slu.edu>
Reply-To: carlsberg_director00@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:26:27 -0500
Subject: Selected Carlsberg Winner*File For *650,000.00 GBP*

Carlsberg UK Ltd, Jacobsen House
140 Bridge Street,
Northampton, NN1 1PZ


***PROMOTION NOTIFICATION***

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you of the Award of Six Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Pounds (650,000.00 Pounds) from Carlsberg Beer &
Carlsberg Malta Company.This Promotion Award is to raise the
profile of Carlsberg Beer & Carlsberg Malta Products
consumer's males / females in rural and urban Areas.

The online promotions email lists were generated from the
World Wide Web. This promotion takes place annually to
challenge and to take market share from the popular Dutch
import beer. The tactics included live events, local
campaigns and general buzz to establish the brand one
neighborhood at a time in major urban / rural Areas.Your
Email Ref Number falls within our European booklet
representative's office in United Kingdom . In view of
this, your Award of Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pound
(650,000.00 Pounds) will be released to you by our payment
office in United Kingdom,Our United Kingdom Project Manager
will commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him,find below the contact
details.

Mr. Edward Phil
Processing Director.
Email: carlsberg_director00@hotmail.com
Tel: +447031913983

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing
and remittance of your prize money. File in for your Claims
by Furnishing your Fiduciary Agent the information below.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM

1.FULL NAMES:____2.ADDRESS:____City____State____
Postcode____Country____3.SEX:____4.AGE:____5.OCCUPATION:____6.TELEPHONE
NUMBER:____

Sincerely,
Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
Carlsberg Beer & Malta Breweries

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam