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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:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447031800984 (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.
  • yahggloto208@yahoo.com
  • dr_abe0@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO GOOGLE LOTTERY 2008 <yahggloto208@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dr_abe0@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:05:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: yahggloto208@yahoo.com



- YAHOO GOOGLE LOTTERY 2008 CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! YAHOO! collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, 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 Center. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited. BATCH NUMBER: YPA/07-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522 PIN: 1206 you are hereby advice to get back to us by contacting with your Clearance Officer DR ABE JOHN Contact:DR ABE JOHN Email: dr_abe0@yahoo.com Phone:+447031800984 CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS FULL NAME:............COUNTRY:....HOME ADDRESS:..MOBILE NUMBER:...HOME NUMBER:...AGE:.............SEX:............MARITAL STATUS:...OCCUPATION:...... Yours faithfully, Mrs.. Carol Jones On line co-ordinator for YAHOO AWARDS & GOOGLE PROGRAMMER, Sweepstakes International program.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam