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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:
  • ",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.
  • +447031842734 (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.
  • ukclaimsagent231@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:01:22 -0700
Subject: (No subject header)



GUINNESS AWARD PROMOTION
22 Garden close stamford
lince PE92YP,London
United Kingdom
Ref NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
Batch NUMBER:074/05/ZY369

GUINNESS AWARD PROMOTION 2008

Dear Lucky Winner,

The prestigious GUINNESS COMPANY has set out and
successfully organised, For the first time THE GUINNESS
COMPANY have decided to Hold a promo by awarding
£700,000.00 (Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) each
to 20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over
30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses
and names from all over the world.. Your email address as
indicated was drawn and attached Ref: UK/9420X2/68 with
Batch: 074/05/ZY369 and drawn the lucky numbers
14-21-25-39-40-47 (18) As one of the jackpot winners in
this drawn conducted.

In other to claim your £ 700,000.00 prize winning you
have to contact award claim officer with the bellow address
for the release of your winning:

Name: Rev Stev Harry
Email: ukclaimsagent231@yahoo.co.uk (copy email and past
to repy for claim )
Website: www2.guinness.com

Tel: +44704570294
+ 447031842734

Fax: +44870457222
+448703184777


You have to keep your Batch/lucky numbers confidential
until you claim your Prize,note you have to copy the claim
officer email address and put it in your to recipiant
address,for your claim.

Yours faithfully,
GUINNESS AWARD TERM

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam