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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.
  • +447024098260 (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.
  • guaranteetrustexp20@yahoo.co.th
  • ukticketfreeonlinewins02@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "jerryf@terra.es" <jerryf@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:58:53 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION



UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.

If you are the correct owner of this email address,then be glad this
day as the result of the UK lotto online e-mail winning draws and
sweepstakes held in Bangkok-Thailand on the 29th of August 2006 has just been
released and we are glad to announce to you that your e-mail address
has won you the lottery in the first category and you are entitled to
claim the sum of US$4.6M.

Your email addresses was entered for the online draw on this Ticket
Number: APP236566301307 and won on this Lucky Number: MX014926583.

You are to contact Mr. Timone Ong on the below email address for quick
delivery of your won cheque of US$4.6M. All winners cheque are
certified cashiers and are cashable in any country of any part of the world. To
enable the Courier Company ascertain you as the rightful receiver of
the cheque, include the below listed information in your contact mail.

Your country, complete official names, contact telephone, mobile and
fax numbers, amount won, sex, age, occupation and job title, address
where your wish to receive your winnings cheque, ticket and lucky number
and lastly the date/venue of draw.

Guarantee Trust Company Ltd.
500 /110-112 Nanglinchee Road Bangkok 10120, Thailand
guaranteetrustexp20@yahoo.co.th

N.B:

Even when you send all the above mentioned cliams information to the
Guarantee Trust Express, it wont be enough to get them 100% convinced
that you are the rightful winner of the us$4.6m cheque without an original
copy of your winnings certificate. This is because of the recent
recording increase on fraudulent claims. On this note, to receive the
original copy of your UK Lotto winnings certificate contact Mr Jerry Fidelix
with your complete official names, amount won, ticket and lucky number,
date/venue of draw.

Telephone Numbers and email: ukticketfreeonlinewins02@yahoo.co.uk

Tel;+447024098260
Fex:447024098291
Yours Truly,
Mr Jerry Fidelix.
Co-ordinator.
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
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