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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.
  • +448706260768 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Ken Harrison <britishinterpromo@britishinterpromo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:19:39 +0100
Subject: Final Notification


BRITISH INTERNET PROMOTION,
110, OLD ROAD,
CLACTON-ON-SEA,
ESSEX .CO15 3AA
UNITED KINGDOM
REF NUMBER: LLP/400106/06
BATCH NUMBER: 40/01066/XXGB
DATE: 14-09-06

AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the recent result of BRITISH INTERNET PROMOTION held on 25 August 2005.
Your E-mail Address attached to ticket number 099-44871555 with serial
numbers 6774-04 drew the lucky numbers 03 - 17 - 21 - 27 - 29 - 32 which
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category .You have therefore been
approved for the lump sum payout of £720,000.00(Seven Hundred And Twenty
Thousand Pound Sterling credited to file number BIP/400106/06.This is from the
total cash prize of £20,450,550.00 GBP(Twenty Million, Four Hundred and fifty
Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Pounds Only) Shared among the fourteen
international winners in different categories .
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
550,000 E-mail Addresses from Asia, Australia, Middle East, Europe,
United State of America, Canada, South-America and Africa, as part of our
international promotion programs which we conduct in the month of November
every years .We hope that your Email address will draw a bigger cash prize
in the subsequent programs.
To begin your lottery claims please contact: Mr. Derek Trotter. (Customer
Service Manager) through Phone: +44 870 626 0768 Fax No: +44 870 130 3177 and email derektrotter@britishinterpromo.com for necessary assistance as regards to
your claim and final release of the prize money to your designated bank
account. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 28th November 2006.
After this date all the unclaimed fund will be returned to the INLAND
REVENUE. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence
with us Congratulations on behalf of our managements.

Mr Ken Harrison
MANAGER(LONDON)

BRITISH INTERNET PROMOTION -2006.ALL o right reserved .CODEX-SADDEÂ GS-(LONDON ).

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