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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • +447045711018 (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.
  • ywindowsgroups@yahoo.it

Fraud email example:

From: onlineawardcenter002@mchsi.com (Yahoo & Windows Live Inc)
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:03:28 +0000
Subject: DETAILS REQUIRED Yahoo & Windows 3RD QUARTER AWARDS 2008

Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre
Kernel House Killingbeck Drive Killingbeck Leeds LS14 6UF United Kingdom

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator to facilitate the

release of of your fund to you.

YOUR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WILL BE QUOTED TO YOU UPON RECEIVING THE BELOW BIO-DATA

PLEASE QUOTE IMMEDIATELY: 1. Full name, 2. Country, 3. Contact Address, 4. Sex, 5. Age, 6.

Occupation, 7. Yahoomail/hotmail


This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand

Pounds (Great Britain GBP750,000) for the last quarter of 2008 Prize promotion which is

organized by Yahoo & Windows LIVE AWARDS. Windows Live Centre collects all the email

addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo

and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. 6 people are selected monthly to benefit

from this promotion and you are one of the Selected winners.

You are requested to contact our Assistant Award Cordinator in Leeds to get your winning

identification numbers and further advice on claims proceedings

Name: Rev. Mr. Ciprian Gregore
E-mail:grantswindowslive3@live.com, ywindowsgroups@yahoo.it
Tel: +44 704 5711 018, Fax: +44 7005-921-454.

Congratulations!!! once again.

Yours in service,
Ellen Richardson
Notification Officer

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam