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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +34634192556 (Spain, 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.
  • meltonchase@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "johannis2000@terra.es" <johannis2000@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:47:05 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON THE FANTASTIC PRIZE



MERCEDES - BENZ-PROMOTION
EPPENDORFER-WEG 1,
20259 HAMBURG.
GERMANY,


Dear Winner,

The Local Organising Committee of the European word cup is glad to
announce to the world the giving away of a new brown mercedes benz B-KLASS
Worth - 35,000 EUROS or alternatively 35,000 EUROs in
cash. 10,000,lucky email addresses all over the world were seleted
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 1,500,000 in which
your email happened to be one of the lucky winner of this fabulous
price.

We use this opportunity to thank all our sponsors / distributors of
this program BMW, Mcdonalds,Nokia.L.G Mercedes Benz etc.
In other to claim your price for immediate processing on how your
cashier's cheque or Mercedes Benz B-Klass will be delivered, carefully fill
the form below and send back to us meltonchase@aol.com for
verification.

BATCH No 77/00GC
Ref:file NA: 00GC10/06

NAME:.....................................................
AGE:......................................................
SEX:......................................................
ADDRESS:..................................................
WINNING:EMAIL:............................................
TEL;......................................................
FAX:......................................................
OCCUPATION:...............................................
COUNTRY:..................................................
PLEASE FAX NUMBER IS OBLIGATORY
MARK ANY OF THE BELOW.
I WILL LIKE TO HAVE THE CAR...OR..THE CASHER'S CHEQUE 35,000EUROS.
Please note: this communication is strickly prohibited confidential and
exempted from disclosure.
Once again Congratulation!.

CONTACT; BROWN - LOPEZ
MELTON - CHASE SECURITY
TEL+34-634-192-556
FAX+34- 917-903-828
Email: meltonchase@aol.com

Once again congratulations from all our members and staff of
MERCEDES-BENZ- Sponsors,
Best regards,
Raymond-Wolfgang
Promotion Director.







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