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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:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• 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.
  • krians_davidson.agent@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • nom.nom@laposte.net

Fraud email example:

From: info-lottery <info-lottery@laposte.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:05:23 +0100 (CET)
Subject: BMW:CONGRATULATION


THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT BMW
Automobiles 22 Garden Close,
Stamford, Lincs,
PE9 2YP United Kindom London

Dear Winner, This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £450,000.00 (four hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) and a brand new BMW 5 Series Car from International programs held on the Ist January 2008, in London Uk.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected.

The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary claims department for more infomation as regards
procedures to claim your prize.
BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT UK 7 DOCK WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK LONDON , T40 4RT United Kingdom

KRIANS DAVIDSON: Email:krians_davidson.agent@yahoo.fr
Contact him by please providing him with your secret pin code Number BMW:2551256003/23.

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed informations as soon as possible:

1.Address.
2.Age.
3.Phone/Fax.
4.Email address.

Mr.Moore Smith
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM



Créez votre adresse électronique prénom.nom@laposte.net
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