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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • +34686417049 (Spain, 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.
  • garvinander05@aim.com
  • email.garvinander04@cliffhanger.com

Fraud email example:

From: mercy brown <mercybr02@web.de>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 13:51:14 +0100
Subject: ATTN.WINNER




ATTN.WINNER

EURO MILLION/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT

Paseo De La Castillano

17-19, 28008 Madrid Spain.

Attn; REF NO; ILPB642857301



In view of our yearly sweepstake of the

Euro million lottery held on the 8th of

Febuary,2007.

It is our pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address

attached to the above Ref No, ticket number (43207),serial number 51622,

lucky numbers 3-18-40-40-76, batch number EULO/207/334/908/099 came

up in the first dip.



This invariably means that you have emerged as the

prize recipient in the first category with an allocated sum of Seven Hundred and fiftyThousand Euros

( 750.000.00 Euro). Be informed that all

participants were selected from a random computing ballot system.

This email sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate

organizations and governmental parastatals drawn from major cities in Europe, Asia, America and central Africa.



To file for your claim and other enquiries contact,

ASESORIS FINANCE AND SECURITIES, S.L

Contact Person: Mr. Garvin Anderson.

Tel:+34 686-417-049

Contact Email:garvinander05@aim.com

alternative email.garvinander04@cliffhanger.com



Please note that all winning must be claimed not later than

30 days effect from the day you received this notification.



Congratulations once more

Yours Faithfully

Mrs.Mercy Brown

































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