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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.
  • +447031872041 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712514116 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Public Relations Officer" <publicrelationsofficer_dmf@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:03:21 +0000
Subject: Grant Beneficiary (20\01\06)

ATTN: Grant Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your information that your email has been randomly
selected and approved as a charity grant beneficiary of LADY DIANA CHARITY
FOUNDATION. You are awarded a grant sum of £3,555,000.00 (Three Million Five
Hundred And Fifty Five Thousand Great Britain Pounds) and for further
instructions on how you are to put claim to your grant, you are to FORWARD a
copy of this notification to our International Grants Officer’s email
address below as well as give him a call via phone number below:

MR. SPENCER MCANTHONY,
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
LADY DIANA CHARITY FOUNDATION,
FOUNDATION BUILDING,
569 EUSTON ROAD,
LONDON, NW1 3AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Tel: +44 7031872041
Fax: +44 8712514116
Email: spencermcanthony6@ldcf.org

Congratulations once again from the entire staff of LADY DIANA CHARITY
FOUNDATION and it is our hope that you will appreciate our gesture and
judiciously spend your grant.

Sincerely,
Miss Emily Fletcher,
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
GRANT AWARD DEPARTMENT,
LADY DIANA CHARITY FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION BUILDING,
569 EUSTON ROAD,
LONDON, NW1 3AR,
UNITED KINGDOM.
enquiries@ldcf.org

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DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY:
The information contained in this communication including any attachments is
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is
addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential
or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you
are hereby notified that any disclosure, unauthorized use, copying,
distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this
information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received
this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to
this email and then delete it from your system.
LADY DIANA CHARITY FOUNDATION is neither liable for the proper and complete
transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any
delay in its receipt.
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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam