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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:
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447031992858 (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.
  • bawanyndhoque@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:51:29 +0000
Subject: You won 753,432 great british pounds! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!

You won 753,432 great british pounds! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!       Messenger YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WON 753,432 great british pounds!                                                                  Traducción al español por debajo de     Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 5 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of seven hundred and fifty three thousand, four hundred and thirty two great british pounds (753,432 great british pounds) for the  month of December, 2008. Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo internet   every month.                         Internet network, collects all the mail ID of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner application, we are  congratulating you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within United Kingdom  representative office in London, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of (753,432 great british pounds) will be released to you from our payment bank We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE   These are your identification numbers (1).Batch number......YM 09102XN,  (2).Reff number........ YM 35447XN, (3). Winning number...............YM 09788    section B  send your information to yahoo internet fiduciary consultant company    =To begin your claims, kindly contact yahoo company attorney at  this email address below:  Contact Information Barr. Bawany nd Hoque (ESQ) Legal, 622 rochester way, London se9 1rn. Email: bawanyhoque@alice.it Tel:+447031992858                    You are required to forward him with the following details:   1.FULL NAME 2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 3.PRESENT ADDRESS 4.SEX 5.DATE OF BIRTH 6.AGE 7.OCCUPATION 8.TELEPHONE NUMBER 9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY) 10.MARITAL STATUS 11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND REFF NUMBER. 12. THE MONTH YOU WON 13. A COPY OF  IDDENTIFICATION EITHER: (PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENSE)    As soon as you contact  him he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money.Congratulations once more!! For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential/secret  from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.   SPANISH LANGUAGE -------------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail ofrece a los miembros al azar premios en efectivo. Hoy en día, su cuenta es seleccionada al azar como uno de los 5 ganadores cuentas que recibirán premios en efectivo de us.We encantados de informarle de que usted ha ganado un premio en metálico de setecientos cincuenta y tres mil, cuatrocientos treinta y dos grandes británicos libras (753.432 libras esterlinas grandes) para el mes de Decembre de 2008. Lotería de ganar la promoción que está organizado por Yahoo Internet  mes.                         Red de Internet, recoge el correo todos los ID de las personas que están en línea, entre los millones que suscribirse a Yahoo Messenger sólo seleccionar cinco personas cada mes como nuestros ganadores a través del sistema electrónico de votación sin el ganador aplicación, estamos para felicitarlo sido uno de el pueblo selected.All participante fueron seleccionadas a través de un sistema de votación equipo procedentes de nueve cien mil direcciones de correo electrónico de Canadá, Australia, Estados Unidos, Asia, Europa, Oriente Medio, África y Oceanía como parte de nuestro programa internacional de promoción que se lleva a cabo anualmente. Esta lotería fue promovida y patrocinada por una conglomorate de algunos empresas multinacionales como parte de su responsabilidad social a la los ciudadanos en el commmunities donde tienen base operacional. Además sus datos (dirección de correo electrónico) corresponde a la representante del Reino Unido en Londres, como se indica en su juego y su cupón de premio (753.432 libras esterlinas grandes) se dará a conocer a usted el pago de nuestro banco Esperamos con parte de su premio, que participará en nuestro fin de año con altas apuestas en dólares de los EE.UU. de 1,3 mil millones de sacar internacional. Cómo reclamar su premio   Estos son sus números de identificación (1). ...... Lote número 09102XN YM,   (2). Reff número ........ YM 35447XN, (3). Número ganador ............... YM 09788 sección B enviar su información a internet Yahoo consultor de la empresa fiduciaria = Para empezar sus reclamos, en contacto con Yahoo abogado de la empresa en esta dirección de correo electrónico a continuación: Información de Contacto Barr. Bawany segunda Hoque (ESQ) Jurídica, 622 rochester manera, Londres se9 1RN Correo electrónico: bawanyndhoque@gmail.com Tel: +447031992858                     Usted está obligado a avanzar con él los siguientes datos: 1.FULL NOMBRE 2.País DE ORIGEN 3.PRESENT DIRECCIÓN 4.SEX 5.DATE DE NACIMIENTO 6.AGE 7.OCCUPATION 8.TELEPHONE NÚMERO 9.FAX número (si lo hay) 10.MARITAL ESTADO 11.NÚMERO WINNING  , Número de lote y número REFF. 12. El mes que ganó 13. Una copia de IDDENTIFICATION o bien: (pasaporte o licencia de conducir) Tan pronto como se ponga en contacto con él le aconsejará sobre qué hacer con el fin de obtener su premio money.Congratulations una vez más! Por motivos de seguridad, asesoramiento todos los ganadores para mantener esta información confidencial / secreta de la opinión pública hasta que su reclamo es procesada y su premio en libertad a usted. Esto es parte de nuestro protocolo de seguridad para evitar la doble alegando injustificada y tomando ventaja de este programa por no-participante o personal no oficial.   Yours Sincerely,     Dr WILLIAM GERRI LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR. The Yahoo.com staff Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com

Anti-fraud resources:

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