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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:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake 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.
  • +447035903132 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: DAVID SMITH <info_agent016@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:09:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS !!!


MERCEDES-BENZ LOTTERY
AWARD DEPARTMENT:
22 Garden Close, Stamford,

Lincs, PE9 2YP, London,
United Kingdom.





MERCEDES-BENZ AUTOMOBILES NOTIFICATION DESK. GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;(Registration Z720633X).

Dear winner,

Greetings to you and we also congratulate you once again.Well,we wish to inform you to file for your claims so that we can verifly with what we received from the lottery manager (Mr.Henry Hills) to avoid double claim or unwanted claim, this form is valid for those who have won the MERCEDES-BENZ ONLINE LOTTERY. Meanwhile, your winnings funds will be deposit in online bank so that you can contact them via email and on phone converastion for your claims. If is not possible for you to visit our office for your claims in person then, you can pay for your transfer charges to the bank and most of our winners in Asia used the bank transfer for their claim.

Description Of mercedes-bezs Car to be Shipped to you.
BRAND:........................................Fift Edition
MODEL:.......................................2006/7 Model
COLOUR:......................................Metallic Blue
ENGINE TYPE:...........................5473cc 4-cylinder
POWER:........................................645bhp
TRANSMISSIONS:.......................Adaptive Automatic Transmission
FUEL:............................................89.1mpg
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The Mercedes-Benz Car Promotional Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.


Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes and so that we can convert your winning immediately.Also send a scan Copy of your Identity for verifications purposes,After Filling We will send the Payout Bank Details.

NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.

Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:


WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA First Name.: [input] *
Middle Name.: [input]
Last Name.: [input] *

Gender.: MaleFemale

Month Of Birth.: Month January Febuary March April MayJune JulyAugust September October November December
Day: Day1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Year: [input]

Marital Status.: Single Married Divorced
Nationality.: [input] *
Religion.: [input]
Occupation.: [input]

Address 1.: [input] *
Address 2.: [input]
City.: [input] *
State/Province.: [input] *
Zip Code.: [input] *

Mobile phone No.: [input] *
House Phone No.: [input] *
Fax No.: [input]
Email Address.: [input] * eg. username@domainname.com

WINNING INFORMATION
Registration Number: [input] *
Secret Pin Code: [input] *
Refrence Number: [input] *
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]





MR HENRY HILLS
( uk zonal co-ordinator)


Past winners.





Regards,
David Smith,
Processing Officer,
Tel: +447035903132
+447031836032









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