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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • +31616585477 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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_seanthompson6@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ONLINE POWERBALL LOTTERY .BV" <ofeliatp@prodigy.net.mx>
Reply-To: info_seanthompson6@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:00:17 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON!!!



POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2007.
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,
NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING

This email confirms that you have been notified of by the POWERBALL INTER LOTTO BV The Netherlandsof your email lottery winning for 2007 Powerball Lotto - Wheel E-game held on 12th of April 2007.We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consolation prize winners.Your email ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game.Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email addresses where submitted by our partner international email provider companies.


Prize Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: US $1,000,000 one million dollars only.
You are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by contacting the Lottery Claims Processing Officer with your winning information provided above.
Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Mr.Sean Thompson
Email: info_seanthompson6@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +31-616-585-477
Fax: +31-847-330-020

Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forthcoming Powerball Lotto-Wheel Email-games.

Yours truly,
Mrs.Birgit Romio,
(Lottery Co-ordinator)

Provided in attachment is a Non resident claims form. You are required to completely fill the claims form with your correct information and submit same.We look Forward to the receipt of your information.
Congratulations once again on your winning.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Sean Thompson,
(DPU Information Officer)
NON RESIDENCE AWARD CLAIM FORM BHG

FULLNAMES:..........................................................

FORWARDING ADDRESSES:..........................................................

CITY/STATE:..........................

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.................


MARITAL STATUS:.......................NATIONALITY:.....................


SEX.......... DATE OF BIRTH:................


EMAIL:.............................OCCUPATION:................

TEL/FAX:.....................................

WINNING INFORMATION

COUPON NR:....................................
LOTTERY REF NR:..............................
LOTTERY DATE:................................
CLAIMANT SIGNATURE:.......................

please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund paid to you, view below our payment modalities and tick option of payment.

(1) TRAVELLING TO THE NETHERLAND FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight itinerary to confirm your arrival/appiontment
Date)...............................

(2) By courier service......................................................

(3)By Electronic Wire Transfer......................................................

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam