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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.
• 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 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.
  • christopherhill2007@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: award.notification@mchsi.com (Mrs Benny Van Gaal)
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:21:41 +0000
Subject: Contact Mr Christopher Hill



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We are pleased to inform you of the
release of the recent results of
Heineken promotional Programme, the
Official Sponsor of the UEFA
Champions league and Rugby World
Cup 2007.You were entered as
dependent clients with: Reference
Serial Number: F2-003-036 and Batch
number FR/45-300-06. Email address
ticket number: 54-20-17-52-34-30.
That drew the lucky winning number,
which consequently won the in the
first category, in four parts. You
have been approved for a payment of
£2.5 Million (Two Million Five
Hundred Pounds Sterlings) in cash
credited to file reference number:
TFR/9900034943/JPT. Keep your
winning information confidential
until your claims has been
processed and your money remitted
to you. This is to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program, kindly contact our
Payment Representative in charge of
your fund.
Free lotto Fiduciary Department
Mr Christopher Hill
christopherhill2007@gmail.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam