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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447045722823 (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.
  • drmark.2lambert@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel J Lipian <dlipian@bgsu.edu>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:41:41 -0400
Subject: Dear e-Mail User...Congratulations!!!


CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Dear E-mail Bearer,

You have won the sum of £ 850,502.00 in the recent email draw of
the UK National Lottery held on 21st of July 2008. Your Ref Number:
Ref:UK/940X2/68, To further the claims of your prize, you are advise to

contact your claims department with the below informations.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

DETAILS OF BENEFICIARY :

1)Full Names:......................................
2)Home Address:....................................
3)Telephone:.......................................
4)Mobile Phone #:..................................
5)Occupation:......................................
6)Nationality:.....................................
7)Country of ressidence:...........................
8)City:............................................
9)State/Province:..................................
10)Zip Code:.......................................
11)Sex:............................................
12)Age:............................................


Upon submission of the above informations we shall immediately commence
on your data verification process which will take not latter than 12
hours and we get back to you on how to hand over your winning fund to
you.

Contact Person: Dr. Mark Lambert
E-mail: drmark.2lambert@yahoo.com.hk<mailto:drmark.2lambert@yahoo.com.hk>
Mobile Phone: +44 704 572 2823

Congratulations once again.
Yours faithfully,
Sir Stecher, Terry
Online Coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam