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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +447075055600 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447040196006 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "IWON FREE PRIZE" <info_iwonfreeprize@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 23:46:41 +0000
Subject: ATTN:YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON £250,000.00 GBP

IWON LOTTERY HEADQUATERS 

18TH SECTION 25

 PMB 052 PORT-VILLA

WORLD TRADE CENTER

VANUATU

TEL:22229483929

FAX:22234364757

3-10-05

  Dear Lottery Winner

  We wish to congratulate you and formally inform you that your E-mail id xxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx(withheld) have won a prize Sum Given by IWON ,IWON search engine is one of the best and fastest search engine that combines information from reliable and trusted source that you know. This is not a Spam. It is 100% real.

NO TICKET WERE SOLD

Your E-mail id and that of other selected from around the world was freely given to us by your email id host i.e. (Yahoo, hotmail, msn, aol, etc) to enter for this lottery draw and so you have been selected to receive the prize sum of £250,000.00 GBP (Two hundred and fifty Thousand Great British Pounds). Congratulations!

IT IS IN THE NEWS

This year ,IWON is marking its 10th year on internet services and its giving out £10,000,000,00 Ten million pounds to among several winners from all over the world to promote the usage and popularity of IWON search engine its is not a scam, its is real, you just have to make sure you are in contact with the processing company in charge .

HOW DO I CLAIMS LOTTERY PRIZE MONEY?(VERY SIMPLE)

Simply write/send an application of claims by E-mail or Fax to the IWON APPROVED LOTTERY PROCESSING COMPANY WITH THE BELOW contact information’s for the processing and remittance of your prize claims to you within 7 working days of your application for your prize after you have fulfilled statutory process of Claims. This is your Claims Reference/file # iwon/mg/49/82

Form # kgtk212. (Please quote this numbers when filling for your claims) To Contact.YOU HAVE 2 WEEKS TO DO SO.

 

MOYOGUYAN PROMOTIONS WORLD

Unit C 2 Endeavour Way,

Durnsford Road Ind Est.,

Wimbledon, London UK

TEL: +44-7040196006, +44-7031848008

FAX: +447075055600, +44-7075023469

Email: moyoguyanpromotions@live8grant.org .

Winnings processing officers. Ms. Carla Stoop or Mr. Michael Banks

Please don’t write back to me (Ms Maria Cook) contact the processing company in charge. You have tow weeks to make your claims from the date of this notification

Sincerely Yours

Mrs. Maria Cook

(IWON Winning Team Lottery Coordinator) 

 

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