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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.
• 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.
  • +447011135937 (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.
  • awardinternational_notification@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BMW LOTTO AWARD PRIZE <bmwonlinelottery2@web.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:25:26 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION.....YOU HAVE WON



From:THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT BMW
AUTOMOBILE
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Reference Number: BMW: 2551256003/23 Dear Winner, This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £500,000.00 (five hundred thousand Great British Pounds)and a brand new BMW 5 Series Car in this year BMW LOTTERY PROGRAMME. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized Email Selection System (ESS) from a database of over 1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world. The British Gaming Board (BGB) and Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) approve the BMW International Awareness Promotion. This promotion is an annual event and it is the third in its series. The sole aim of this Promotion is to sensitize the general public and the world at large of our great and unique new products.To claim your prize Contact the claims office Mr.Steve Tom with the under listed informations as soon as possible: =================================================
1. FULL NAME:
2. SEX:
3. AGE:
4. MARITAL STATUS:
5. COUNTRY:
6. RESIDENCIAL ADDRESS:
7. CITY:
8. STATE:
9. ZIP CODE:
10.OCCUPATION / POSITION HELD:
11.ANNUAL INCOME:
12.PHONE NUMBER:
13.FAX:
REF:
14.AMOUNT WON:
================================================= Regards,

Mr.Steve Tom
Fiduciary Claims Department (FCD),
Email: awardinternational_notification@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:awardinternational_notification@yahoo.co.uk]
Direct tell: :+44-701-113-5937 =================================================
Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings. I want to again congratulate you for being our star prize-winner and to formally inform you that your prize has been approved for claims.Thank you very much and trust BMW for top quality automobile. Engr. Holland Burridge
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTIONS,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. NB: WE ADVISE YOU KEEP ALL PROMOTIONAL INFORMATION CONFIDENCIAL ESPECIALLY YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER AND PIN CODE UNTIL YOUR PRIZES HAVE BEEN REDEEMED BY YOU. THIS IS TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMERS. THE BMW INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
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