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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo lottery inc"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024052982 (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.
  • barristermike_thomason@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yahoolotto@terra.es" <yahoolotto@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:34:03 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION



YAHOO LOTTERY INC

N0 719 cole Street,
baines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Batch:041/7146x4/99
Ref: 042/02xa192/24
Serial:043/54201/04

Hello Madam/Sir

We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize
money of eighty five thousand Euros (85,000.00euros) for the
month of Oct 11th 2006
lottery win promotion which is organized by YAHOO
LOTTORY INC every month.

YAHOO, collects all the mail identity of the people
online yahoo messenger and among the millions that
subscribe to yahoo messenger we only select ten
people every Month as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying,we are
congratulating you for having been one of the people
selected.

Your fund is now deposited in with a Alliance Security House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming.
To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
BARRISTER MIKE THOMASON
Phone number:+447024052982 .(0800hrs-1700hrs GMT Mon-Sat)
Email:barristermike_thomason@yahoo.co.uk

Provide him with the information below:
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:

1.YOUR NAME:.............................................
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS:....................................
3. YOUR TELEPHONE .......................................
4. FAX...................................................
5. AGE...................................................
6. SEX:..................................................
7. YOUR OCCUPATION:......................................


Yours faithfully,
SIR H.J.LEEDS
Online coordinator for YAHOO LOTTERY
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