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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (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.
  • +447031849508 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • 00447031846724

Fraud email example:

From: anna davids <annadavids12@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:25:39 +0000
Subject: RE: online lottery results



E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) Head Office944 James StreetWoodstock, LondonN4S 1S5Tel: +44-703-184-9508Email:drwilsonsa@msn.com Attn : Tune Laubscher ,This is to acknowledge the receipt of your email. After going through our Computer database, it is confirmed without uncertainties that your email triggerclothing.co.za was among other emails that were selected from the collect computer ballot, for security purpose, we suggest you keep your winning information confidential until your prize is paid to you in order to avoid any double claiming by unprincipled individuals. It is our pleasure to guide and direct you well in order for you to receive your lotto winning prize of US$3,000.000.00(Three Million United States dollars) only. This is in conjunction with the UK National lottery.You are hereby advised to contact our paying bank (HSBC BANK OF UK) for them to guide through on how to collect your winning prize. The Prize has been insured and deposited in our paying bank (HSBC BANK OF UK), in an Escrow Account Pending your claim. Your file payment reference Number of Deposit is ADB/ 0599880 HB 08.In the paying Bank, and a Telex Instruction will be transmitted to the bank as soon as, they confirm your deposit ref number with us.Bank Contact DetailsBank Name:Hsbc BankContact Person: Mr. Frank Lopez (Remit Director)contact Email: Frank.hsbcuk@bancarios.comTel: 0044-703-184-6724Fax: 0044-870-490-8631NOTE: That your prize winning will be released to your local bank account in Country, through certified international bank draft (cheque) or through bank wire transfer, after we have procured all the necessary documents from the British/Canadian Department of Justice. Regards,Dr Wilson,
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