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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.
  • +447031959433 (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.
  • sten-williams@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sten" <sten-williams@excite.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:14:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Attn:Gerrard Bachstein


Attn:Gerrard Bachstein, WINNING VALIDATION/PROCESSING FORMOn behalf of the entire Promo Board we are sorry for getting back to you late, we say congratulations to you for being a Winner in this 2nd category. We have received your e-mail with utmost delight in the SweepStakes Department International Programms held in London(U.K)and the few eligible winners contacted personally.Your winning has been Validated and your e-mail is in our winning list.This promotion takes place annually.Ticket number:56475600545188 with Serial number:5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:4-7-18-19-35-40 (bonus no.25),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd categoryi.e match 6 plus bonus no.25.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till yourclaims is processed and your USD$500,000:00 remitted to you,following further advice from the Lottery Co-operation Payment Service (L.C.P.S). This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this programm by some unscrupulous elements.You are to send to us the following informations for the processing of your winning claim.(A).PERSONAL INFORMATIONS.Title(Mr./Mrs./Ms./Miss.):Surname:Other Names:Occupation:Marital Status:Date Of Birth:Sex:Phone Number:Fax Number(If any):Phone Number:Contact Address:State/Province:Country: (B).WINNING INFORMATIONS. Lucky numbers:4-7-18-19-35-40 Ticket number:56475600545188Winning E-mail Complete the form below for BANK to BANK TRANSFER Your winning prize of USD$500,000:00 (Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) will be transferred to your bank account from our paying bank.Please give your bank account informations below:Bank Name:Benefitiary:Account Number:Swift Code/Bank Routing number:Address:Country: Yours Truly,Name : Dr. Sten F.williams E.mail: sten-williams@excite.com Foreign Services ValidationOfficer, Sweepstakes Online Lottery Department, Tel.Phone:+447031959433 +448715049605.

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