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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:

• 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.
  • +447031930557 (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.
  • samsung_desk@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: ems2@mchsi.com (samsung@samsunghome.org)
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:06:52 +0000
Subject: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS HQ. CONGRATULATIONS

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS HQ. CONGRATULATIONS
12-14 Queens Lane. London,
United Kingdom
23 July, 2008

CONGRATULATION!!!

YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT HAVE JUST WON YOU THE SUM OF 210,000:00GBP
FROM THE ONGOING SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS INTERNET AWARD PROMOTION
2008 EDITION.YOUR WINNING DRAW DATA'S ARE AS FOLLOWED
**************************************
REF N.: UKL/74-A0802742008
Serial N:UN/GBP07/SAMSUNG
BATCH N.:WUM/MA07/EUR
**************************************
PLEASE CONTACT OUR LICENSED AND ACCREDITED AGENT ASSIGNED TO
YOU TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE AND FOR MORE ENQUIRIES:
********************************
Contact: Dr Floyd Johnson
Samsung Electronics Internet
Promo Int London,United Kingdom.
Email: samsung_desk@hotmail.com
Phone No:+44 703 193 0557.
*******************************
Provide the following information needed to process your winning claim.
1: Your Name in Full:
2: Mobile Number:
3: Winning E-mail:
4: Draw Data's:
5: Country:
Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 1 week of Notification.
Congratulations once again....

Yours faithfully,
Mark Nakata
Samsung Electronics.
Online Promotion Co-ordinator
London. United Kingdom.
Copyright 2007/2008 Samsung Electronics! Inc.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam