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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.
  • +447024068359 (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.
  • drmike_denison3@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: brain hunt <brain_hunt101@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:34:00 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS FROM YAHOO !!!!



You won $1,500.000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!
Messenger


CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON $1,500.000.00!

Dear ,

I am happy to inform you that you have been selected as one of the lucky winners in the YAHOO INTERNET MONTHLY RAFFLE DRAW. The price money you have won is the sum of U.S $1,500.000.00
Yes, its for real, as many people would ask, and you are among this months six(6) lucky winners, as this raffle draw is organized only once every month, and the criteria for nomination and winning is that the prospective winner must be among those online as at the time of selection. The method of selection is by electronic ballot system operated by and manipulated by computer, hence, there is no chance of selfish manipulations by humans in this raffle programme.
Your winning reference numbers are as follows:
WINNING NUMBER: 00005E
CODE NUMBER: 23109222
BATCH NUMBER: 06/05/046
Yahoo decided to establish this programme as a way of thanking there numerous customers/subscribers for there unalloyed support and loyalty to the Yahoo Network. As a result of this loyalty, Yahoo Internet Network is the biggest and mostly subscribed network around the globe, thanks to Yahoo’s customer support.

To begin to claim your fortune, email our raflle support agency with the following email address: drmike_denison3@yahoo.co.uk. Please, endeavour to quote your reference numbers in all correspondence.You can also contact Dr. Mike Denison on this number:+44-702-406-8359.



Congratulations once more!!
Yours Sincerely,



Brian Hunt (PHD),
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com

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