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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447024071529 (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.
  • infoservices_agentkarry02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • infoservices_agentkarry03@strompost.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ortega, Jesus" <ortegaj@karmanos.org>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:12:00 -0400
Subject: The Premier League Lottery announce their result



The Premier League Lottery announce their result
of bonanza Programme 2008.
West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 7LT,
United Kingdom
+44 702 407 1529
Your email address attached to ticket no:512-20658001-034 was
ramdomly selected and drew the lucky numbers: 20-4-11-19-05-1.You
you have been approved to claim your winning sum of
GBP£1,000,000.00(One million great Britain pounds) in cash.
N:B: This is your reference number;Ref:PRLUK/56POLG/02, Batch
number;02/78/2010 and this is your Serial Number:0712/04.
CONTACT OUR ACCREDITED AGENT VIA
EMAIL: infoservices_agentkarry02@yahoo.co.uk
STAFF NAMES : Mr.Gary Rodney/Mrs.Jewel Thompson,
TELL +44 702 407 1529

This email address that sent you notice does not receive mail
PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON YOUR REPLY BUTTON MAKE SURE YOU COPY AND REPLY TO
infoservices_agentkarry03@strompost.com TO ENABLE US GET BACK TO YOU ASAP.




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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam