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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.
  • +447045705111 (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.
  • dispatchofficer_globalcourier@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EURO MILLIONS ONLINE WINNING ONTICE" <euromillionsonlinenotice@blueworld.co.za>
Reply-To: dispatchofficer_globalcourier@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:28:35 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!! YOU ARE THE NEXT MILLIONNAIRE (CONTACT SIR. WILLIAM BOB VIDIC)


  Lottery Headquarters,
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England.  
Ref: UK/9420X2/68  Batch: 074/05/ZY369                                                 WINNING NOTIFICATION  
We happily announce to you the draw (#83) of the EURO MILLIONS ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES held on 1st of FEBURARY, 2007 in PARIS, FRANCE.   
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 - 75600545 - 188 with Serial number 5368 - 02 drew the winning numbers: 08 - 12 - 19 - 31 - 50 - [ 06 - 07] Lucky stars. 
     You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of EURO 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro) in USD ($1,290,905.57, in cash, credited to file KTU/9023118308/05. This is from a total cash prize of US $4 Million EURO, shared amongst the first Four (4) lucky winnersin this category.  All participants for this online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.  
Please note that your lucky winning numbers fall within our European booklet representative office in UK, in view of this, your EURO 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro) will be released to you by Global Express Courier Service in UK.  To file for theclaim of your parcel, contact Global Express Courier Service:
Name: Sir. William Bob Vidic ( DISPATCH OFFICER )  Email: dispatchofficer_globalcourier@yahoo.co.uk  Phone: +447045705111  File your claims verification form/information below:  FULL NAMES:............................................................                                 CONTACTADDRESS:.....................................................................
CITY:....................................
STATE:.....................................
COUNTRY:........................................
ZIP CODE:............................................
NATIONALITY:.........................................................
SEX:...........................................  AGE:...............................            
MARITAL STATUS:......................................................... TEL. #:.............................................
EMAIL ADDRESS:..........................................................                            NEXT OF KIN:................................................................                         OCCUPATION:................................................................ANNUAL INCOME:.................................................................
AMOUNT WON:.....................................................................
REFERENCE #:.............................................................
WINNING #:.................................. TICKET#:...............................................              
SERIAL #:.............................. LOTTERY DATE:.....................................................  
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.  Yours faithfully,
MRS. JANE EDWARD
Online coordinator EURO MILLIONS
Sweepstakes International Program.  CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message

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