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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 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.
  • jbrook.mercedes@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mary Bamble <m.bamble64@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <m.bamble@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:13:15 -0400
Subject: MERCEDES BENZ NOTIFICATION!!


Dear Sir/Ma We are pleased to inform you of the results of the MERCEDES BENZ INTERNATIONAL EMAIL PROMO held in London on the 16th of August, 2007. You
were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Number MS:341/07US
and Secret pin code w7xyz3407 and Your email address attached to the
ticket number: 2752246896 that drew the lucky winning number, which
consequently won the sweepstakes in the first category,in four parts. You
have won a brand new Mercedes Benz E-Class Saloon car and $450,000.00
(four hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars) credited to
cash file reference number: MS:341/07US!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! All
participants were selected through an advanced computer ballot system
drawn from 500,000 (Five hundred thousand) names of email users around
the world . Due
to mix up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award
personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted
to you.This is a part of our security measures to avoid double claiming
or unwarranted participants or imposters,taking advantage of the
situation. To
receive your brand new Mercedes Benz E-Class Saloon car and $450,000.00
(four hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars) , Contact our
accredited agent, ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------- Mr John Brook (MERCEDES INDEPENDENT AGENT) jbrook.mercedes@gmail.com ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------------- Provide him with the following information as soon as possible; 1.Full Name---------------------------------------2.ResidentialAddress----------------------------------------3.Age---------------------------------------- 4.Sex----------------------------------------5.Occupation----------------------------6.Phone /Fax---------------------------------------- Mr
Brook will have your check and E-Class Mercedes Benz Saloon car
released to you as soon as you provide him with the above information. Remember, all winnings not claimed within 1- 2weeks from this communication will be revoked. Furthermore, should there be any change in your contact address, do inform us as soon as possible. Once again congratulations. Yours Sincerely,MRS. MARY BAMBLE (Program Coordinator.)NB: This promo is sponsored by Mercedes Benz in collaboration with Hotmail.

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