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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.
• 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.
  • +447024087075 (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.
  • markwinters05@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amarkwinters05@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: markwinters05@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:41:44 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION: WINNER


WINNING NOTIFICATION (UKON 2008)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Lucky Numbers: 31-17-8-28-55[08]
Bonus Ball 14th Oct,2008.

ATTENTION: WINNER,

You have been Selected in the NEW YEAR UKON 2008 Lottery Program. Ourlottery
program selection has finally been performed today which washeld at the
Marina office.

Your emailpromotion ticket randomly drew for the Lucky Numbers:
31-17-8-28-55
[08Bonus Ball ,which selected your email as the 2ND winner of our lottery.

Suffice to say here, We have officially approved a sum payout of ?750,000.00
GBP to you as the lottery winner.

Conclusively,upon your receipt of this notification,do fillthe verification
and funds release form and return to the claimsdepartment immediately via,

NAME: MARK WINTERS.
Email:markwinters05@hotmail.co.uk <Email%3Amarkwinters05@hotmail.co.uk>
Tel: (+44) 702-408-7075

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
FULL NAME:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE:
Congratulations from all our staff for being part of UKON 2008 LOTTERY
PROGRAM.

ROSE WOODS (MRS)
Zonal Co-ordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam