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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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 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.
  • globalmaxcourierdept@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tim Goly" <claimofficermail@myway.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 08:49:03 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CONTACT COURIER DEPT






SUPERENALOTTO:UK Zonal Customer care
28 TANFIELD ROAD,CROYDON.LONDONRef: BTL/491OXI/04Batch: 12/25/0304

Attention: Andres Paredes The value won and approved by our organising committee is EUR6,250,000 (Six Million, two Hundred And Fifty thousand Euros) and your cheque has been issued to this effect. You are to contact our delivery agent Mr. Darnell Maxon of GLOBAL MAX COURIER SERVICE via email: globalmaxcourierdept@myway.com He will send you their delivery charges invoice. He will deliver the relevant documents and cheque to claim your winnings. Please be informed that there are some delivery charges to be paid by you to the courier company. We attached the original copy of your prize certificate in your package. Please quote your batch number/Ref in your correspondences with Mr. Darnell Maxon. Do not forget that if for any reason you do not wish to continue, do inform us so that a disclaimer form be sent to you and your winning transferred to another participant. Please send in your identification as it would be an added advantage in securing your prize. Your deadline
for the claims is exactly 7 days from today. If we do not hear from you on or before the 16th of June, 2006, your payment will be cancelled. Congratulations once again. Sincerely yours, TIM GOLY Assitant Payment Officer(SUPERENALOTTO) NB: Note that the charges are mandatory if you prefer the courier option i.e The courier charges cannot be deducted from your winnings since it is insured. Otherwise, you choose the first payment optionChiacchiera con i tuoi amici in tempo reale!

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