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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!

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 11:16:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BHG


                                       CHARRIOT INTERNATIONAL COMPANY  
                                                 Official Head Quaters,
                                   1 Netherland Square, Canary Wharf,
                                             Amsterdam, Netherland.
                                                                  
ATTN: WINNER,
 
  Thank you for contacting us. You actually won a consolation prize of €1,000 000.00 (One Million Euros) and we have been assigned to assist you in claiming your winnings as soon as possible. You are to fill in this form for record purpose so that you can claim your winnings.This correspondence officially confirms that we are in receipt of instructions relating to the payment of your lottery winnings. Provided in attachment is a Claims Release/ Verification Form BHG, you are required to completely fill the claims form with your correct information and submit back to this office immediately.
 
We look forward to receive receipt of your information.
 
Congratulations once again on your winning.
 
==============================
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BHG
==============================
 
FULL NAMES:------------------------------
FORWARDING ADDRESSES:-----------
CITY/STATE:--------------
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:--------------
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:---------
MARITAL STATUS:--------
NATIONALITY:---------
SEX:------------------------
DATE OF BIRTH:--------
EMAIL:---------------
OCCUPATION:-------
TEL/FAX:--------------
 
LOTTERY DATE:-----
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Gibert Donald
 


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