419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "gardencourtchamber33@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447045701562 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "facebookpromo45@libero.it" <facebookpromo45@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 17:15:50 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?CONGRATULATIONS!!!_=C2=A3860,000.00_EIGHT_HU?=
=?UTF-8?Q?NDRED_AND_SIXTY_THOUSAND_BRITISH_POUNDS?=

Welcome to the official site of the FACEBOOKÂ® Promotions.
FACEBOOK INTERNATIONAL AWARD PROMOTION !!!
The Online International Promotions 2013.
European Region Office:11a Island Street
Hero Square,London GP2 8HFD,
England.

www.Facebook.com
(World's Largest Online Community)

BATCH NUMBER: FB/UK/247464892.
REF NUMBER: FB/UK/346385393.
WINNING NUMBER:FB/UK/748654651.

AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the draw of the FACEBOOKÂ® Lottery Award Promotions
of this month September 2013, at our Lottery award Draw Headquarters London,
United Kingdom organized by FACEBOOKÂ®. Your e-mail address was among the
millions that subscribed to all E-mail Providers most especially Yahoo, Gmail
and Hotmail that were randomly picked by the computer during our Online Raffle
Ticket Draw (ORTD).

This has made you the jackpot winner of Â£860,000.00 GBP. (Eight Hundred and
Sixty Thousand British pounds).

This Promotion Award is held annually with the main aim and objectives of
Promoting Facebook all over the world,changing lives and Alleviation of Poverty.
This promotional award is promoted and sponsored by FACEBOOK with the help and
support of GUINNESS and QATAR FOUNDATION.

PAYMENT OF ALL PRIZE AND CLAIMS MUST BE FROM OUR AWARD LOTTERY PAYING BANK IN
LONDON.HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our Award Promotional Agent and send your verification form
details to his email address and also call him on phone for immediate process
of your fund.

1) Your full name 2) Country 3) Age4) Phone5) Occupation 6) Sex 7) Nationality
8)Your Present Address: 9)Batch Number: 10)Ref Number 11)Winning Number

PROMOTIONAL AGENT CONTACT INFORMATION

NAME:BARRISTER MARK GEORGE
TEL: +447045701562
FAX: +447035945377
EMAIL ADDRESS: gardencourtchamber33@live.com

As soon as you contact him he will give directives to contact the bank in
order to Receive your fund immediately.Thank you and congratulations once again
on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,
MRS SHERLY SANDBERG
OPERATING AND PROMOTIONAL MANAGER

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