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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:
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +447035934042 (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.
  • dr_tkatovic_nelson@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dr_tkatovic_nelson@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:41:14 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WINNER NO 6, CONGRATULATIONS!!!


  

THE YAHOO!!! LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL. INC
Barley House Harold Road,
Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te,
United Kingdom.
REG NO: Y! /090/102/IT
PHONE:  +44-7035-9340-42
WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!  

LUCKY WINNER,
 We are please to announce you as one of the eight lucky winners in the 4th- category of the Yahoo!!!  Free-Lotto draw.All Eight winning addresses were selected through Computer
ballot system drawn which is fully based on an electronic selection
from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses of
all the Yahoo Mail/Hotmail/Aol etc Subscribers from all over the world which consequently won you the huge sum of GBP£500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS). Your email address emerged along side Seven others as a category to
winner in this year's Annual.


The Yahoo!!! SUMMER LOTTERY 2008, is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, IBM, the Intel Group, Toyota, Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh .And mostly by the UNITED KINGDOM Government. The Yahoo!!! E-MAIL free lottery
draw is held once a year. And is so organized to encourage the use of
Yahoo Mail Internet World wide and computers. And also to advertise the
YAHOO!!! World wide.
 To View Some Of Our Past Lucky Winner Click:
**http://img.timeinc.net/TFK/media/news/2006a/060222_lottery_hor.jpg
**http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2005/09/23/lottery-winners-inside.jpg
**http://www.louisianalottery.com/assets/images/newsroom/Lotto%

 Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of GBP£500,000.00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS) only. It’s it a promo to encourage the use of Yahoo! mail world wide.

 
To File Your Claim, please contact our Fiduciary/Claims Agent:
CONTACT: DR. NELSON

E-MAIL:dr_tkatovic_nelson@yahoo.com
The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:(i).Winning Numbers: (37)
(ii). Email ticket number: Y! FL754/22/76
(iii). Lotto code number: Y!FL09622UK
(IV). The file Ref number:FL/04/736207152/UK
(vii).Notification code:34.78UY/Y!/UK
(Viii). LUCKY
No: 2 - 9 - 23 - 35 - 46 - 54 Bonus Number 14
WARNING!!!
You
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till you
claim your prize money. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!

To File Your Claim, please contact our Fiduciary/Claims Agent with the following information:
Full names.........................
Contact address...................
Phone numbers....................
BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND NAME......
Amount won........................
Sex..............Marital status...........Age.........
Occupation..........................
Nationality........................
Country of residence............

CONTACT: DR TKATOVIC NELSON

E-MAIL:dr_tkatovic_nelson@yahoo.com
YAHOO! Co-ordinator
LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM


ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION
 Copyright 2008 Yahoo!SUMMER LOTTERY Prize Award. All right Reserved.

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