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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.
  • +447045712473 (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.
  • claimsdeptofficeuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: harry Edwards <newhorizonuklottery@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:29:48 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Requirements


Dear Selik Branditz,

We are in receipt of your claims file, I wish to inform you that we have in our possession instruments of payment for the sum of £920,000, awarded to you by GOLDEN BALL LOTTERY as your prize money in the 3rd Category draws.

Requirements:

1.You will be required to fill in a "Lottery Winnings Claim Form".
2.After steps 1 and 2 are met your winnings would be transferred to your designated bank account and a copy of your transfer slip shall be sent to you for confirmation.
The reason for this promotional draw is as a result of our vision to extend our activities to other continents of the world and we felt the best way to acheive this is by having a promotional draw.Congratulations once again on behalf of members and staff of the GOLDEN BALL LOTTERY.

You are required to respond and act without delay to all instructions provided above to ensure a glitch free claims process that will facilitate the transfer of your prize money.

Mr.Harry Edwards
Claims Department Manager
New Horizon Finance
Email:claimsdeptofficeuk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447045712473
Tel: +447005931081
Fax: +447005947103








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