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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:
  • "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• 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.
  • +447045733776 (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.
  • bmwdeliverydept012@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Madam Toreth Hughes <haidinger.josef@iol.cz>
Reply-To: bmwdeliverydept012@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:53:18 GMT
Subject: BMW AUTOMOBILE AWARD NOTIFICATION (Tel+447045733776)




THE BMW AUTOMOBILE PROMOTION
DEPARTMENT CONGRATULATE YOU
22 Garden Close, PE9 2YP, London

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of 450,000.00 (British Pounds) and a brand new BMW 5 Series Car from International programs held on the th 30August. 2008 in London Uk. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system (ess) from a database.You are to contact our fiduciary claims department: Mr. Frank Williams Email:
bmwdeliverydept012@hotmail.com

Phone numbers:+447045733776 Contact him with your Reference Number
BMW:2551256003/23, secret pin
code x7pwyz2007 for more information as regards procedures to claim
your prize. Contact him by sending him with the
under listed information's.

Name___________________
Telephone Number_______________
Residential Address_____________
Marital Status___________________
Occupation________________
Age_______________
Country________________

You are to choose from the below Option .which the company will
delivery winning parcel to you.

1: COURIER: NOTE: For courier you are to pay for insurance charges only

2: BANK: You shall be responsible for the cost of transfer of your
winning funds.

Mr Moore Rogie

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