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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)
• 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.
  • +31657721353 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • carltonfinance@gmail.com
  • carltonfinance@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: from lotto company <jkfjhkdfjhkdfjhk@web.de>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:24:49 +0100
Subject:





MICROSOFT INTERNALTIONAL FOUNDATION
BANKGIRO LOTERIJ.NL
Waterlloplain 783
1106ds, Netherland
=20
Ref. NO: LID/WIN/567/67/44/JIL=20
Batch. NO: HML/1001/478/962/00=20
=20
We wish to congratulate you over your email success in
our computer Balloting held on 26th of February, 2009.
This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which
email addresses were used.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 100,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual email
addresses and names from all over the world. It is a
promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to
enter for it and your email address drew you a lucky
number in the second category with Ticket number
235-5990 and Serial number 04-00-88-56-65. You have
been approved for the star prize of
Euro500:000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Euro Only).=20
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the
appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate
release of your winnings:=20
=20
MR: Paul Hans (Director of operations).
CARLTON FINANCIAL INTERNATIONAL SERVICES
ABRAHAM KENNEDY STRAAT, 1015KB=20
AMSTERDAM WEST, THE NETHERLANDS
=20
E-mail: carltonfinance@gmail.com [mailto:carltonfinance@gmail.com]
E-mail: carltonfinance@myway.com [mailto:carltonfinance@myway.com]
Tell: +31-657-721-353
FaX; +31-847-462-843
=20
You must contact the appointed agent with your Full
Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and
Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to
process the immediate payment of your prize. The
Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days
hence you are expected to make your claims mmediately.
Once again congratulations!!!

Best Regards,=20
Susan HOLMES (MRS)
Online coordinator for INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD


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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam