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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:

• 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.
  • +447040110992 (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.
  • monica_agency@yahoo.co.uk
  • monica_agency@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Monica .j Lu" <monica_jlu@msn.com>
Reply-To: dbrimleyng@myway.com
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:07:34 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
British lottery Organization
C/O MONICA AGENCY UK
ADD: 37 GREYSTOCK ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB1 8DS
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL: +44 704 011 0992
FAX: +44 704 011 0992
Email: monica_agency@yahoo.co.uk

DATE:27/09/2005

KIND ATTENTION.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE ON YOUR WINNINGS LOTTERY 2005 CONCERNING YOUR
WINNING LOTTERY MONEY OF

U.S $2,500,000. WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT THE LOTTERY IS FOR REAL
AND IT'S A LEGITIMATE

ONE THAT IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD .SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM
THIS LOTTERY ALL OVER

THE WORLD. NOTE: THE LOTTERY IS AN EMAIL/REWARD /AWARD PROGRAME. ALL
PARTICIPANTS IN THIS LOTTERY

PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED RANDOMLY THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN
FROM OVER 20,000 EMAIL

SITE, AND 30,000 NAMES AND EMAILS ARE PICKED AT RANDOM.
THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR, AND IS BEEN PROMOTED AND
SPONSORED BY EMINENT

PERSONALITY LIKE THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT INC AND
RUSSIAN BILLONARE ROMAN

ABRONOMOVICH FINALY MULTI CHOICE AND OTHER CORPORATE ORGANIZATION.THIS
PROGRAME IS TO ENCOURAGE

THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER WORLD WIDE
NOTE: THAT ANY INFORMATION YOU GIVE OUT WILL NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY 3rd PARTY
BY ANY MEANS.OUR

ENTIRE FUND IS BEEN RAISED FROM CORPERATE BODIES, GOVERMENT, AND NON
GOVERMENTAL COMPANIES AND

PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.
FOR SECURITY PUROPOSE AND CLARITY, WE ADVICE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING
INFORMATIONS VERY

CONFIDENATIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIM 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
WINNERS. SO PLEASE DO INFORM US THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING
LOTTERY OF U.S

$2,500,000. SO THAT THE PROCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION CAN BE CARRIED OUT IN
THE NEXT 20 OFFICIAL

WORKING DAYS. USE

USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO CONTACT THE BANK FOR THE RELEASE OF YOUR
PAYMENT. WRITE DIRECTLY TO

THE ACCOUNT OFFICER OF THE BANK, INCHARGE OF LOTTERY PAYMENT

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
CONTACT ADDRESS: 260 SCOA-GBETO,
LAGOS NIGERIA
ACCOUNTS OFFICER NAME: EDWARD THOMPSON.
EMAIL:(info-afdbank@o2.pl)
DIRECT TEL: + 234 -80-38234689
OFFICE TEL: + 234 1 7218419

NOTE: SEND TO US YOUR FULL NAME AND CONTACT ADDRESS INFORMATION SO THAT WE
CAN PREPARE YOUR

WINNING LOTTERY CERTIFICATE. ALSO SEND THE SAME INFORMATIONS TO THE BANK FOR
IDENTIFICATION.

THANKS AND CONGRATULATION

Mrs Monica J Lu
Monica Agency Uk
Tel:+44-704-011-0992
Email: monica_agency@yahoo.co.uk

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