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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.
• 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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 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.
  • info_annhawkes01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jimoh joseph <ji.moh@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:55:20 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


Microsoft Award Team20 Craven Park, HarlesdenLondon NW10,United Kingdom. Dear Lucky winner, WINNING NOTIFICATION The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the end of year anniversary we rolled out over 100,000.000.00 (One Hundred 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. Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached toRef: BTD/968/06Batch: 409978E Ticket Number:008795727498 Serial Numbers BTD/9080648302/06 Lucky Numbers fmDTY14-21-25-39-40-47(20)Amount won £1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) Please Contact your claims agentMr.Walter CookMicrosoft Promotion Award TeamHead Winning Claims Dept.Email:info_claims_agent101@yahoo.com.hkYou are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications: Your Full Names____________Date of birth______________Sex______________________Address__________________Country___________________Occupation_________________Phone Number______________Ticket Numbers____________ Batch Number______________ Serial Number______________Lucky Numbers_____________ Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his associates.We wish you the best of luck.Thank you for being part of our promotional award program and commemorative Anniversary Draws. Sincerely,Dr.Ann HawkesHead Customercare ServiceMicrosoft Promotion Team
info_annhawkes01@yahoo.com.hk
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