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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "@diplomats.com" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 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.
  • ddddanladi0@yahoo.co.in
  • musakadri@diplomats.com

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?danladi?= <ddddanladi0@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: danibrahim@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:17:11 +0530 (IST)
Subject: UN-DONATION Attention: Prize Winner, CONGRATULATIONS!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ddddanladi0@yahoo.co.in



- UN-DONATION Attention: Prize Winner, CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are pleased to inform you have been selected for the United Nations International Donation after a Draw for the Last Batch held on 25th April 2007, Your email address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won a Donation Award of One Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterlings (£1.500,000.00). ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and websites. This promotional program takes place every ending of the year, and is promoted and sponsored by the United Nations Organization and eminent personalities like the, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, sultan of Brunei, Williams Bill Gates Of Microsoft Inc, Multi Choice CNN and other corporate organizations. This is organized by theUnited Nations to help the Poor and other Charity organizations around the World as a means of Alleviating Poverty.For that reason We are not giving you this donation only for your welfare but also to help Charity Organizations and poor people in your Country as a means of Alleviating Poverty . For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Finally should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Sincerely yours, Danlad Ibrahim (Clearance Officer) Follow this instruction well, contact our payment department to claim your fund, fill this form below and send to payment department. Name. Musa Kadri Email, musakadri@diplomats.com

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