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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "overseas subscribers agents" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Julie Van Hans <osastake060907@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:59:45 +0000
Subject: OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTS(PAYMENT REFERENCE OF US$ 650,000.00)







OVERSEAS SUBSCRIBERS AGENTSINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
PAYMENT REFERENCE OF US$ 650,000.00 Attention Sir/Madam With reference to the arrangement made for the remittance of your lottery winning funds,with all due respect we wish to inform you that we have ordered our ordering customers service in the Citibank Canada to remit the sum of $650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars only) into your designated bank account. We further wish to bring to your notice that the said funds will be remitted upon re-confirmation of your information and the statutory requirement of the Citibank Groups.Though the funds are presently in their transit account.and as we have mandated them to it shall be completed in (1) business day. Be informed that this payment scheme would have to be made by ATM visa card which already had being issued in your name and will be sent via registered post,As we also want you to know that the funds has being programmed into your visa card issued by our affiliate bank and this way you might even receive the whole transaction without delay. Contact the officer below for urgent action. Name:Stephen BirdDesignation:Chief Executive OfficerCredit Cards & Consumer FinanceCitibank groups and support teamsEmail:citigroup@citigroup.ourprofile.bizMobile:+(1) 206-350-2674Tel:+(1) 206-202-6342Fax:+(1)215-717-8135 Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Julie Van Hans
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,OSA LOTTERY
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