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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "20 craven park, harlesden" (address often used in lottery scams)
• 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.
  • +447045716656 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Lennox Sherman" <lennox.sherman07@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 05:48:55 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Dear Winner (CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS)


Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London
NW10,United Kingdom.

Dear Winner,

Good day to you.

Thanks for contacting my office regards your winnings.The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the end of year anniversary we rolled out over £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

For your claims to be made available to you,You are advised to fill out the winners claims form below:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS

Your Full Names:............
Date of birth:...............
Sex:.........................
Address:....................
Nationality:.................
Country:.....................
Occupation:..................
Phone Number:..............
Ticket Numbers:............008795727498
Batch Number:..............Batch: 409978E
Serial Number:..............BTD/9080648302/06
Lucky Numbers:.............fmDTY14-21-25-39-40-47(20)
Ref Number....................BTD/968/06

We await your swift response.

Best Regards,

Mr. Lennox Sherman
Tel:+44-704-571-6656
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DIRECTOR.



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