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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.
  • +447011140562 (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.
  • wayne_bush01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE" <danh425@ptd.net>
Reply-To: microsoftwindowslive@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 02:11:13 -0000
Subject: ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD

Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake.

ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro Asian
Sweepstake/ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD Lottery International programs held
on March 22rnd in LONDON ENGLAND and.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: EAASL-130876 which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of £500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling)

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in London. In view of this, your
£500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling) would be released
to you by our affiliate bank in Europe.This promotion takes place
annually and it is sponsored by Sultan of Brunei , Bill Gates of
Microsoft and his associates toencourage the use of internet and
computers world wide. Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as
soon as you make contact with him.
To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent
assigned to you

MR WAYNE BUSH
Phone: +44 701 114 0562
+44 701 114 0067
E-mail:wayne_bush01@yahoo.co.uk

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr
WAYNE BUSH with the followings details below:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7COMPANY NAME
8.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
9.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY:
12.AMOUNT WON:
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our
designated
agent.Winners under 18 years of age will be authomatically
disqualified.
FROM: MR.HERLEY PETERSON.

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