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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.
• 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.
  • +447040124464 (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.
  • foda_agency@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • brianwilliams@email.nu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • info@bancoprovincial.cjb.net
  • enquiries@bancoprovincial.cjb.net

Fraud email example:

From: FOWLER AND ADAMS <foda_agency@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:21:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR LOTTERY WINNINGS


FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
FOWLER & ADAMS AGENCY.
MR. BRIAN WILLIAMS
ADD: 37 GREYSTOCK ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB1 8DS UNITED KINGDOM.

TEL: +44 704 012 4464
TEL: +44 704 012 4465
FAX: +44 709 284 4955
EMAIL: (foda_agency@yahoo.com) (brianwilliams@email.nu)

DATE: 17/06/2006

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
.
CONGRATULATIONS : TICKET NUMBER (64479543465 B44)

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER (64479543465 B44)
WON YOU A SECOND CATEGORY PRIZE OF U.S$3,500,000.00. WE ARE PLEASED
TO INFORM YOU THAT THE LOTTERY IS FOR REAL AND IT'S A LEGITIMATE ONE
THAT IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. SOMANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED
FROM THIS LOTTERY ALL OVER THE WORLD.

NOTE: THE LOTTERY IS AN EMAIL/REWARD /AWARD PROGRAME, ALL
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED RANDOMLY
THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 20,000 EMAIL SITE,
AND 30,000 NAMES AND EMAIL ADDRESSES ARE PICKED AT RANDOM.THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR, AND IS BEEN
PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY EMINENT PERSONALITY LIKE THE
SULTAN OF BRUNEI, BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT INC. AND RUSSIAN BILLONARE
ROMAN ABRONOMOVICH, FINALY MULTI CHOICE AND OTHER CORPORATE
ORGANIZATION.THIS PROGRAME IS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE INTERNET
AND COMPUTER WORLD WIDE.

NOTE: THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU GIVE OUT WILL NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY 3rd PARTY BY ANY MEANS.OUR ENTIRE FUND IS BEEN RAISED FROM COOPERATE BODIES, GOVERNMENT, AND NON
GOVERMENTAL COMPANIES AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.


FOR SECURITY PUROPOSE AND CLARITY, WE ADVICE THAT
YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS VERY CONFIDENATIAL UNTIL YOUR
CLAIM HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOU. THIS IS
PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SOME WINNERS.
SO PLEASE DO INFORM US THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRICE OF U.S $3,500,000.00, SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS TRANSACTION CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEXT 20 OFFICIAL WORKING DAYS.
YOU WON IN THE CATEGORY ¨C¨ ZONING OF THE LOTTERY PROGRAM, THE PAY BANK FOR THIS CATEGORY IS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AMERICAN
CONTINENT.(VENEZUELA). USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO CONTACT THE PAY
BANK FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT. WRITE DIRECTLY TO THE ACCOUNT OFFICER OF THE BANK, INCHARGE OF LOTTERYPAYMENT.
BANK CONTACT:
THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: MR BRUNO ALVAREZ
BANK NAME: BANCO PROVINCIAL
ADRESS: Edificio San Juan, Avenida Baralt, Urbanizacion, Altagracia, Caracas Venezuela.
TEL :00 58 412 557 2739
FAX : 00 58 217 892 1060
EMAIL: ( info@bancoprovincial.cjb.net ) ( enquiries@bancoprovincial.cjb.net ).
PLEASE
QUOTE YOUR WINNING NUMBERS AND YOUR FULL CONTACT
INFORMATIONS IN YOUR MAIL TO THE BANK.
THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS

MR. BRIAN WILLIAMS
FOWLER & ADAMS AGENCY
ADD: 37 GREYSTOCK ROAD CAMBRIDGE
CB1 8DS UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +44 704 012 4464
TEL: +44 704 012 4465
FAX: +44 709 284 4955
EMAIL: (foda_agency@yahoo.com) or (brianwilliams@email.nu)
DATE: 17/06/2006


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