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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:

• 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.
  • +447031813532 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?Q?Bakov=C3=A1_Ev=C5=BEenie?= <winners@skl.de>
Reply-To: skl_claimsdept02@live.com
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:41:13 +0200
Subject: ONLINE LOTTERY 2008!!!

SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN PROMOTIONS
SKL-GUNTHER, KRONACHER STR.
60 D-96052 BAMBERG
GERMANY
http://www.skl.de
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International
Awareness Promotion Department of the SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN, wishes
to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in
this years' SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN International Awareness Promotion
(IAP) held on 25th of september 2008,in London, England.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1,000,000.00 Euros i n cash credited to file SKL/Millionenformel/05/12.
This is from total prize money of 50 Million Euros shared among
the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.
The selection process was carried out through random selection
in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database
of over a million email addresses from the world wide web. Each email
address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with
ticket number: 644-701-836-872 and serial number: 65-5524 was
randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation
prize winners.
For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below, stating your receipt of this notification.

Remittance Manager:
Mr.Williams Gills.

Phone:+447031813532
EMAIL: skl_claimsdept02@live.com

VERIFICATION FORM:
1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE:
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:

Congratulations once more, and keep trusting SKL .

Mrs.Violletta Kclose
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS,
SUDDEUTSCHE KLASSEN PROMOTIONS.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.

THE SKL INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVE

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam