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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:
  • "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.
  • +447011146483 (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.
  • claims_delivery121@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Martins Smith." <claims_delivery121@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:51:41 -0600
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB ANNIVERSARY {YOU WON =A3800,000}?=

CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
CHELSEA AVENUE STAMFORD BRIDGE
LONDON. SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB 101 ANNIVERSARY

This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the 28TH OCTOBER
2006,by CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB on it's 101 anniversary.For the second time, CHELSEA
FOOTBALL CLUB have decided to celebrate it's 101 anniversary by awarding £800,000
(EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUND STERLING) each to 10 lucky winners who were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over
30,000.00 companies and 5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all
over the world.

However Chelsea Football Club has been good at celebrating special anniversaries.
The year 2005 saw us reach the major milestone of 100 years-old. What better way
was there to mark the centenary than by becoming champions of England for the
second time in our existence? Our golden jubilee had been similarly honoured.

The club won silverware in the 1960s, the 70s, the 90s and at the turn of the new
millennium, but 1955 was the year we finished above all other teams in the League
for the first time.It was also Chelsea’s earliest major trophy. The first
five decades had seen the club develop into an integral part of sporting life in
England’s capital city with famous players and a large, often full stadium.
Chelsea were popular, but achievement fell a long way short of that now enjoyed by
José Mourinho’s team; the team that began the second 100 years of Chelsea
history as the best in the land and the biggest football story throughout the world.

However, the results were released on 10TH of NOVEMBER, 2006 and your email was
among the 100 Lucky winners who won £800,000 each on the 101 anniversary of the
CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB,and your email was attached to ticket number RR38844240 and
ballot number 00147.

In other to claim your £800,000. Prize winning, which has been deposited in a
designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below and send it to the
Promotion manager of this football club for verification and then you will be
directed to the bank where a cheque of £800,000.Has already been deposited in your
favour.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Endeavour to email him your full names,email address,telephone and fax numbers
immediately.

CONTACT NAME: Mr. Martins Smith (PROMOTIONS/CLAIMS MANAGER)
CITY/ COUNTRY:London, United Kingdom.
Phone # : +44-701-1146-483
E-mail: claims_delivery121@yahoo.co.uk

* FILL OUT THE WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW: Your application for the claim of
games winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification.

Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below
for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims
process.Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email or fax for prompt collection.

*Name of Beneficiary:-------------------
*Address:------------------------------
*City/State:----------------------------
*Nationality:---------------------------
*Country Of Residence:-------------------
*Sex:----------------------------------
*Email Address: -------------------------
*Tel: ----------------------------------
*Fax:----------------------------------
*Occupation:----------------------------
*Next of Kin:---------------------------
*Age: --------------------------------
*AMOUNT WON:-----------------------
*In Figures: ---------------------------

Goodluck and congratulations from every members of staff ChelseaFC Promotion United
Kingdom.

PLEASE NOTE:Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.

Yours faithfully,
Gusto Anderson(Mr.)
OnLine Coordinator
Chelsea Football Club Lottery.

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