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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: siirine cesar <siirinecesar@web.de>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:20:24 +0200
Subject: EURO MILLIONES ESPANOL LOTTERY AWARD


EURO MILLIONES ESPANOL LOTTERY AWARD
LOTTERY WINNING PROGRAMMES
Dear Sir/Madam,


We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting EURO MILLIONES ESPANOL Lottery held on 29th, March 2007. This is a Millennium 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 therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 500,000 (Euros) (Five Hundred thousand Euros only) Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence, and please note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your winning certificate.

E-mail Address: sirinecesar@aol.com [mailto:sirinecesar@aol.com]
Contact Person: Mr. Sirine Cesar
(I) Batch No: BCA/022/CAC
(ii) Ticke t No: 197 -033-02345
(iii) Lucky No: 04-6-8-12-24
(iv) Ref No: MTD/SAN/9500/SAP.

================================================================
Mr. Sirine Cesar Filling agent.
Email Address: sirinecesar@aol.com [mailto:sirinecesar@aol.com]
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Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full---------------------------------------------------------------2.Address--------------------------------------------------------------------
3.Sex--------------------------------------------------------------------------4.Nationality------------------------------------------------------------------5.Maritual Status-----------------------------------------------------------
6.Age--------------------------------------------------------------------------7.Next Of Kin----------------------------------------------------------------8.Occupation----------------------------------------------------------------
9.Phone/Fax------------------------------------------------------------------
10.Present Country-------------------------------------------------------- Mode of Payment---------------------
==================================================================

Best Regards,
Mr Sirine Cesar.



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