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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:
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "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 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.
  • mr.danscott08@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: mr.danscott08@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:50:59 +0100
Subject: RE:


Respected Sir/Madam,

I am pleased to inform you that one of the best things that can happen to any Internet user is to be rewarded for spending money and time on the Internet. You may not have known that, over one hundred million people daily surf the Internet on regular basis for one reason or the other. These Internet users including yourself, pay access fees to various Internet Service Providers (ISP) all over the word who in turn remit surplus funds to the numerous World Wide Internet Technology Companies (WWITC) for the development and advancement of Global Information Technology.

So much money is generated from people like you all over the World for using the Information Superhighway (the Internet) without your being aware the enormous sum that go to the stake holders (WWITC). Without your patronage, this would not have been possible. World Wide Internet Technology Companies (WWITC) in partnership with CHEVRON OIL COMPANY NIGERIA, conducted a research on the issue, and the report on the research concluded that Internet users should be compensated by an e-based promotion. As a result, we embarked on a worldwide compensation promotion with a sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail accounts that frequently surf the Internet. Consequent upon this, your E-mail address was picked for THE 50TH YEARS ANIVERSARY CELEBRATION PROMOTION OF CHEVRON OIL COMPANY.

After the automated computer ballot, your E-mail address along side Nine (9) other email addresses emerged as a winner of the sum amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (500,000.00 USD) in The 50TH Year Anniversary Celebration Of Chevron Oil Company In partnership With World Wide Internet Technology Companies (WWITC) with the following numbers attached Ref Number: CHEVRON80 WWT 9414.

Presently the fund is deposited on a suspense account with Eco Bank Nigeria PLC; all tax fees have been paid on the fund by the company, so there will be no need for you to pay any tax on the fund.

For claims, you are therefore advice to provide me with your personal details as follow:

FULL NAME (MR. MRS. MISS):__ ___________
COUNTRY: _ ____________________________________
COMPLETE ADDRESS: _ ___________________________________
OCCUPATION: _ ____________________________________
TEL: ___________________________
FAX _________________________________
E-MAIL:___ _____________________________
AGE: _____ ____________________
MARITAL STATUS: ___ _________
REF NUMBER: _________________

You are required to summit this information along side a valid proves of your identification document, being your driver license, national id or your international passport for further verification.

Here are my contact details you are to submit your information to.

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Name: Mr. Dan Scott
Tel: +234=8056=430=900
Tel: 011=8056=430=900
Email mr.danscott08@yahoo.com.hk
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Upon receipt of your information and verification of your email address, we will forward you the bank details for you to contact and effect immediate payment of your prize.

You advice to get back to me as soon as possible

Have a great and pleasant day.

Regards,
Mr. Dan Scott
Secretary, CHEVRON OIL COMPANY NIGERIA.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam