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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • +447031879502 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • barrysmithoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barry Smith" <barrysmithoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:24:04 +0100
Subject: Congratulations!!!


***[image: Logo]* <http://www2.coca-cola.com/index.html>*
*
*THE COCA-COLA ONLINE AWARD PROMOTION
DEPARTMENT. COCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM*
*
*
*COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PROMO AWARD NOTIFICATION*
*
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
annual final draws held on ( Friday June, 2008 ) by the
Coca-Cola Company in conjunction withthe British American
Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your email ID emerged among the
20 lucky IDs that was selected in the draws and thereby has been allocated
£ 1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterlings).In the dra ws, your
email ID was attached to ticket number (56475600545188) and
Serial Numbers(5368/02).*
**
**
*The online draws were conducted using random selection system that
involved an exclusive list of 2,000,000 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies.*
*YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON[image: lotto winning numbers].*

**
*Note that no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned
different ticket numbers for representation and identification. *
**
*This prize award programme is approved by the British Gaming Board and also

Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). *
**
*In other to claim your cash prize , you should contact your prize
processing manager(PPM)with the required information below:-*



*VERIFICATION DATA:*
*1. FULL NAMES: ...............................
2. ADDRESS: .....................................
3. SEX: ..............................................
4. AGE: ..............................................
5. MARITAL STATUS: .........................
6. OCCUPATION: ............................... *
*7.NATIONALITY:...................................*
*8.CURRENT LOCATION:........................
9. WINNING E-MAIL ID: .......................
10. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ....................
11. TICKET NUMBER: ............................
12. SERIAL NUMBER: .............................
13. AMOUNT WON: ...............................
14. NEXT OF KIN: ....................................
15. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE HOW YOU INTEND TO SPEND
YOUR MONEY: ...............................*
**
**
**
*PRIZE PROCESSING MANAGER'S CONTACT*
*
Dr.Paul M.Lious
Email: barrysmithoffice@gmail.com*
*Tel: +447031879502
<http://us.f448.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=3938_923680_4593_1919_109319_0_548_539243_1522848717&Idx=14&YY=21668&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&inc=25&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&box=Inbox>
*
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*You are expected to keep all promotion award information away from the
public .
.
(This is important as a case of double
claims will not be entertained).*
**
*Accept my hearty congratulations once again!*
* *

*Regards,
Adline Wright
2008 Promotion Co-ordinator*
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