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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.
  • +27731407606 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • jerrybirn@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DELL INC ONLINE LOTTERY. PROMOTION." <dellinc.2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:40:22 +0000
Subject: DELL INC LOTTERY PROMOTIONS 2007.

DELL INC LOTTERY PROMOTIONS 2007.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws held on SATURDAY, 27TH JANUARY 2007 by DELL INC Company Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 50 Lucky winners who won GBP (Great Britain Pounds) £950,000.00 each in the DELL INC Company Promo 2007.

However, the results were released on SUNDAY, 28TH JANUARY 2007, and your email was attached to ticket number (DSEYP2006) and ballot number (BN:094872200/54). The draws were conducted through a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 295,091 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the worldwide web (WWW). However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were validated as real tickets and assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine: 'The computer of Yahoo! Inc.' from a database of over 720,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This draws is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This draws is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In order to claim your GBP £950,000.00 prize money, which has been deposited in a designated bank, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promo manager of The DELL INC  Company for final validation and then your prize will be released to you promptly.

 
NAME:___________________________________________________
AGE:_____________________________________________________
SEX:_____________________________________________________

ADDRESS (INCLUDING ZIP CODE):______________________________
EMAIL:____________________________________________________
TELEPHONE NO:____________________________________________
CELL-PHONE NO:____________________________________________
FAX NO:___________________________________________________
OCCUPATION:_______________________________________________
COMPANY:__________________________________________________
COUNTRY:__________________________________________________

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to our Promo manager through email or fax for prompt collection of your fund from the designated bank. 

(CONTACT PROMOTION MANAGER)
Name: Mr. Jerry Birn.

FAX No:    +27 73 140 7606

E-MAIL: (jerrybirn@dellmail.com )
E-MAIL: (jerrybirn@hotmail.com )

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important, as any case of double claims will invalidate your winning).

*Staffs of DELL INC Company are not to partake in this Promo PLEASE BE WARNED*

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
DELL INC PROMOTIONS.

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