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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:

• 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.
  • +447045783801 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: winner@skl.de
Reply-To: atlantico.manager2008@live.com
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:39:17 +0200
Subject: ONLINE LOTTO PROMO RESULT NOTICE




SKL-Gunther, Kronacher Str.60
D-96052 Bamberg
Germany.
http://www.skl.de/

We are glad to inform you on this year SKL online 2008 promo
result. The draws 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. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million Euros
(One Million Euros) in cash credited to you as the jackpot winner,
Please Contact the Release/Remittance manager, Contact him with
these details stated below;

Full Names - Address - Age - Sex - Marital Status - Occupation
-Phone/Cell numbers - Country/Nationality

Mr. Williams .J. Spillboard
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept.
Atlantico Sistemas de Informatico
Phone: +44 704 578 3801
+44 704 579 2006
E-m@il: atlantico.manager2008@live.com

George Jarmila
Promotions Manager
Suddeutsche Klassenlotterie

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam