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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:

• 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.
  • +447011121986 (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.
  • claimofficer6063@yahoo.gr

Fraud email example:

From: "powerball6068@terra.es" <powerball6068@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 03:23:10 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT 2007!!!!


PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT 2007!!!!

Lucky Winner,

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
BATCH NO: PBL/67189098011/245679/1109
REF. NO: PBL/11278998789/908796//1109

Dear Winner,

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/WORLD GAMING BOARD. Your name attached to ticket number 219028657434 with Serial number
918735625 drew the lucky numbers of 21-70-81-82-99, which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.

You have just won yourself the sum of 'ONE MILLION EUROS the satellite software email lottery conducted by POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL
In which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by software powered by the Internet. Your email address was amongst those chosen in this quarter and you are to contact our CLAIMS OFFICER with the information’s below for Clearance.

CONTACT NAME: PETER RAYMUND
CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND.
TELEPHONE: + 4470 1112 1986
FAX: 44-87-1715-2472
EMAIL: claimofficer6063@yahoo.gr

Sincerely,
Margaret Ferguson





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