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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447031858673 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448717338453 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348033528864 (Nigeria, prepaid 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.
  • richardkolawole@web2mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Teresa Allan <tallan02@msn.com>
Reply-To: <richardkolawole@web2mail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 12:19:55 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON US$750,000.00



Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court CarltonNottinghamshire Nottingham NG4 1SQ United KingdomCustomer Service: 580 NCA 85914Tel:+44-7031858673Tel:+44-7031858680Fax:+44-8717338453 CONGRATULATIONS WINNING NOTIFICATION: Dear Winner, We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting. This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game Which was electronically played on behalf of every individuals and companies that has email addresses on the internet. Your e-mail address attached to Winners number: KB8701/LPRC with! Batch number 8056490902/188,and Ref Number: 575061725, which subsequently won you US$750,000.00 (Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in the 2nd category. To claim your winning prize, you must contact the appointed agent with the following information and fill out this form for the immediate release of your winnings: CONTACT INFORMATION:Mr.Richard KolawoleTel:+ 234-8033528864E-mail: richardkolawole@web2mail.com Fill the form below: [1] Your name in full................................[2] Residential Address..........................[3] Date of birth(Age)...............................[4] Occupation........................................[5] Contact telephone number..................

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro-booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your USD750,000.00(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our accredited Bank in Africa (FIDELITY BANK PLC) via telegraphic transfer. Please be informed that to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to quote your Winners number, Batch number and Ref Number, in any correspondences with our designated agents. Congratulations once more and thanks for being part of our promotional program. Yours Sincerely,Mrs.Teresa AllanUnited Kingdom Zonal Co-cordinator.
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