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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447031904988 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704713277 (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.
  • bar_saulzuma@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • philcowbell@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 7bphilips_cowbell@alexandria.cc

Fraud email example:

From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Yahoo!_Lottery_You_won_=A3820,000.00!?=" <yahooresult4@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: philcowbell@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:15:48 +0200
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Messenger_Yahoo!_Lottery_Results_You_won_=A3820,000.00!?=


[image: Yahoo! UK & Ireland] *Yahoo Awards Center* *124 Stockport
Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom,Tel:* *+44 703
190 4988*

* YAHOO MICROSOFT 2008 AWARD AND WINDOW PROMOTION*
*
This is to inform you that you have won prize money of Eight Hundred; Twenty
Thousand Great Britain Pounds (£820,000,00.) for the 2008 Prize promotion
which is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & WINDOWS LIVE. This Program is
organized to Promote and Encourage YAHOO AND HOTMAIL Window Users.*

*YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from
other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners.*

* PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM*


*Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo
Prize Award must be claimed through their Accredited Agents in America,
Canada or United Kingdom Any prize not claimed would be forfeited.Stated
below are your identification numbers:*
*
BATCH NUMBER: MGI/07/BPA-83650*
*REFERENCE NUMBER: 38006250522
* *PIN: 4513*

*These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in England and send your winning identification
numbers to him, He is Barrister Saul Zuma , Saul Consulting Services

** Agent Name: Mr philips Cowbell * * Cowbell Consulting Services
Certified Associate of Goldratt Institute
14152 Bond Overland Park **WC1R 4EB London,England*
*E-Mail: bar_saulzuma@sify.com*
*E-Mail: philcowbell@hotmail.com*
<http://us.f344.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=markwalterconsultant@mail.org>
*Tel: +44 703 190 4988*
*Tel: +44 702 407 3015*
*FAX: +44 870 471 3277*
*
For more information you can call or write to Mr philips Cowbel, on Tel:
+44 870 471 3277, **Email: bar_saulzuma@sify.com**Please note that all
correspondence regarding your claim and urgent response from us must be
Directed to these email address { <%7Bphilips_cowbell@alexandria.cc>
bar_saulzuma@sify.com **} *

*1. Full name...............................*
*2. Country..................................*
*3. Contact Address.....................*
*4. Telephone Number.................*
*5. fax Number............................*
*5. Marital Status.........................*
*6. Occupation.............................*
*7. Date of birth......................* *

BANK DETAILS *
*
1.BANK NAME................*
*2.BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER..................*
*3**.SWIFT CODE..............*
*4.BANK ADDRESS................. *
*5.BANK TELEPHONE/ NUMBER............* * *
**
*A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT



For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.* *This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.*
* **Dr. (Mrs.) Mercy Martins*
*Zonal Codinator,
United Kingdom* *Award Promotion.*
*----------
*
* WARNING!*

*Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully
handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double
claim.You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be
other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
information from you and lay claim over your winning.*
**
* In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter
that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mailbox and give no further
correspondence to such person or body.* *Yahoo shall not be held
responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned*

*WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THESE IS NOT A BOGUS WINNING OR ANOTHER
PYRAMID OF MONEY MAKING BUSSINESS.*

Anti-fraud resources:

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