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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo/msn lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
  • "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +66873387067 (Thailand, probably a 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.
  • lottopromo_07@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond H <vpdesk_26a@windowslive.com>
Reply-To: <lottopromo_07@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:08:32 +0100
Subject: YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION














YAHOO/MSM LOTTERY INCOPERATION

Bangkok Branch Office Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue Bangkok 10200 Thailand

For THE KINGS @80TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.
Microsoft Celebrate with
(KING BHUMILBOL ADULYADEJ THE KING OF KINGDOM OF THAILAND)

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of ONE MILLION UNITED States Dollars Only($1M) for the month of DECEMBER 2007 Lottery promotion which was organized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.
ON THE KINGS 80TH BIRTHDAY ON THE 5TH OF DECEMBER.
YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every5TH OF DECEMBER ON THE KINGs BIRTHDAY as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.


You are to contact the events manager on or before your date of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 30th of January. Any claim not made by this date will be returned to HER MAJESTYS DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY. And also be informed that 10% of your lottery winning belongs to (THE PROMOTIONS COMPANY). Because they are the company that bought your ticket and played the lottery in your name. :

Batch number.....................YM 09102XNReff number.......................YM35447XNWinning number...................YM09788

These numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contact the events manager, send your winning identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your claims.However you will have to fill and submit this form to the events manager for verification & direction on how you can claim your winning fund.


1. Full name..............2. Contact Address........
3. Age....................4. Telephone Number.......5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Next Of Kin............
8. Zip Code...............9. Occupation.............
10. Company................
11.State:.................
12.Country................
13.Nationality............
14. Your Reference and Batch number are at the top of this mail:


(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name:Mr.Kane Iva (TELEPHONE +66873387067
Email:lottopromo_07@yahoo.com.hk

Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!


Yours faithfully,

Mrs Tina Akira president promotion company

(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).






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