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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447034845752 (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.
  • johnsmith_promodept1@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "CINDY ANDERSON" <cindyanderson002@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ricohcompanyltd2001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:22:59 -0800
Subject: ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA

ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
1 ROLLS ROYCE AVENUE
ROYCE COURTYARD
LONDON, SW1V 3DW
UNITED KINGDOM

ROLLS ROYCE 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA

This is to inform you of the release of email
balloting held on the 1st october 2005 ,by ROLLS ROYCE
MOTOR CARS on it's 100th anniversary.For the first
time ever ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS have decided to
celebrate it's 100th anniversary by awarding
£1,000,000.00 (One Million POUND STERLING) each to 20
lucky winners who were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from
over 30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.

However, the results were released on 8th
october 2005 and your email was among the 20 Lucky
winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the 100th
anniversary of the ROLLS ROYCE MOTOR CARS, and your
email was
attached to ticket number RR38844240 and ballot
number 00147.

In other to claim your £1,000,000.00 prize
winning,which has been deposited in a designated bank.
However,you will have to fill the form below and send
it to the Promotion manager of this company for
verification and then you will be directed to the bank
where a cheque of £1,000,000.00 has already been
deposited in your name.

NAME:..................................................................

AGE:...................................................................
SEX:..................................................................
ADDRESS:...............................................................
EMAIL:................................................................
PHONE:.................................................................
NUMBER.................................................................
OCCUPATION:..........................................................
COMPANY:...............................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send
it immediately to our Promotion manager through email
for prompt collection of your fund from the designated
bank.

CONTACT NAME: MR.JOHN SMITH(PROMOTIONS MANAGER)
CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
TEL: +44-703-4845-752
FAX: 0044-870-0689-981
EMAIL:johnsmith_promodept1@yahoo.co.uk

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification.
This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)
is intended for the use of the individual or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain Information that
is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted
from disclosure.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are
notified that any dissemination, distribution or
copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Cindy Anderson

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