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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.
  • +447031971597 (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.
  • pbl_briansamuel43@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Lucy Albert" <pbl_ab42@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:41:40 -0500
Subject: Congratulations You Have Won A Consolation Prize!!

FROM: THE DESK OF THE GROUP CO-ORDINATOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF No: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH NO :10-23-44-72-80
SERIAL NO: MUOTI/82536
TICKET NO: WRNM/SMI/5990
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE:
POWERBALL LOTTERY.
V POWER BALL LOTTERY E-WHEEL E-GAME 2006.

Date: 29th Jan, 2007.
Ref Nr: EGS/2251256003/02


CONSULTATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

Dear Award Winner,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting sweepstake held on 17th December 2006. This is
an end of the year bonanza and scientific computer game in which email
addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging
internet users,therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

You have been approved for the star prize of £528,000:00 (Five Hundred And
Twenty Eight Thousand GBP).To claim your winning prize you are to contact
the appointed agent Brian Samuel as soon as possible for the immediate
release of your winnings:


Brian Samuel
Claim Processing Manager,
E-mail: pbl_briansamuel43@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-703-197-1597


The Validity period of the winnings is for 14 working days, hence you are
expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made before this
date will be returned to European Union Treasury as Unclaimed.

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consoltation prize
winning.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Lucy Albert.
(Group -Coordinator)

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