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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447024031559 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: CHEV-TEX MEMO <kunledamilolas111@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: chetexmemo@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:26:24 +0100 (BST)
Subject: STRICTLY PERSONAL


FROM: MR. KARLIN AUTEN.
CHEVRON-TEXACO FORTUNE INT’L LOTTERY AGENCY
WEST WICKHAM, UNITED KINGDOM
TEL: ++44-702-403-1559

SIR/MA,

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the result of the Chevron-Texaco Fortune International Lottery Promotion Program held on the 20th April 2007, at United Kingdom. Your email address attached to the ticket number 033-1146993-750 with serial number 331367EH, consequently won and emerge winner of the lottery in the 3rd category. In view of this, you have therefore been awarded with a cash prize of £500, 000 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credited to file number EG/38807886091/07. This is from the total cash prize off £1, 000,000.00(ONE MILLION, BRITISH POUNDS STERLING), which is being shared among three international lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 email addresses from all over the world as a part of our international promotional program, which we conduct twice annually. We hope that with a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of year high stake 3bn lottery.

TO CLAIM YOUR PRICE, KINDLY GET BACK TO US QUOTING CORRECTLY THE BELOW UNDERLINE CODE IN YOUR EMAIL.

BATCH NUMBER: CHTEX/16018/RDL1

YOU ARE ALSO TO FURNISH US WITH YOUR DETAIL IN THE FORMAT BELOW TO ENABLE US COMMENCE THE PROCESSING AND RELEASE OF YOUR CASH PRIZE.

FULL NAME:…………………………………………… FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:…………………………
PHONE/FAX NUMBER:………………………………..

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE DETAILS ARE REQUIRED TO AVOID MISCONCEPTION/IMPERSONIFICATION IN RESPECT TO YOUR PAYMENT.

Also all prize (payment) must be claimed no later than 14days from the date of this notice, after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. Once again we wish to congratulate you as the lucky winner of our first price.

CONGRATE!!!

MR. KARLIN AUTEN.
(THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT)
Tel: ++44-702-403-1559.




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