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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447045736435 (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.
  • verifynumbers01@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: gari <gari@neunet.com.ar>
Reply-To: verifynumbers01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:59:30 +0000
Subject: (MSN/511-007-12)Congratulate's You.


MICROSOFT AWARD TEAM LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,
LONDON, United Kingdom, WC1B 4AR.
REF NO: MSN/511-007-12
BATCH: MW/JO/612NG

Dear Winner,
This is to officially notify you that your E-mail ID has won you 850,000.00 GBP Pounds in the on-going Microsoft Award Team Lottery End of year Operation Alleviate Poverty Award(O. A. P. A). To file for your claims immediately, you are required to contact Mr.Larry Peters via email address:verifynumbers01@yahoo.co.uk or call +44 7045 7364 35 providing him with the following infomation:

Reference #: MSN/511-007-12
Batch #: MW/JO/612NG
FULL NAME:
CONTACT/PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
MOBILE/TELEPHONE NUMBER:
AGE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:
NATIONALITY:

Signed:Mary Russell,
Online Co-Ordinator.

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