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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.
  • chelsea_fc_promo@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Carole Phair" <chelsea_fc_01@msn.com>
Reply-To: baltimarbrito_chelseafc@msn.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 05:08:18 +0000
Subject: CHELSEA FC 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA

CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB OF ENGLAND
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS,
UNITED KINGDOM.


CHELSEA FC 100TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA


This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 1st
october 2005 ,by CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB on it's 100th Anniversary.For the
first time ever CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB have decided to celebrate it's
Anniversary by awarding ONE MILLION POUNDS (£1,000,000.00) in cash ,each to
20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from only Microsoft users from over 30,000 companies and 5,000,000
individual email addresses and names from all over the world.For all our
international winners the value of the amount comes to one million seven
hundred and forty -five thousand, two hundred and thirty eight
dollars($1,745,238.00 USD) .
However, the results were released on 13th October 2005 and your email
was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the 100th
anniversary of the CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB of England, and your email was
attached to ticket number CF:38844240 and ballot number B140.
To begin your EXTRAVAGANZA claim,please contact our Promotion's manager (MR
Baltimar Brito)with your personal details as requested below:


NAME:................................................................................
AGE:...................................................................................
SEX:..................................................................................
ADDRESS:.........................................................................
EMAIL:................................................................................
PHONE:................................................................................
BALLOT
NUMBER.................................................................
TICKET
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 winning
cheque of one million pounds.

CONTACT NAME: Mr.Baltimar Brito
CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
TEL: +44-703-4845-752
FAX: 0044-870-4786-819
EMAIL:chelsea_fc_promo@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.Phair Carole.

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