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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "hundred thousand u.s 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)
• 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.
  • +448709743751 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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_paymaster@netzero.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Promo Officer <promo1officer@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:19:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: NOTICE!!!





THE COCA COLA COMPANY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
Queens way, . London W2 3RW England







THE COCA COLA INTERNATIONAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Dear Sir/Ma,


NOTE: DO NOT WONDER WHY OR HOW COME ABOUT THIS, YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON YOU THIS PRIZE.




We are pleased to inform you the result of the just concluded annual final draws of Coca-Cola Company in conjunction with the B.T International Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 3 Lucky winners who won $1,000,000.00(One Million United States Dollars) $500,000:00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) And $200,000:00 (Two Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) Respectively on the THE COCA COLA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION.


Your E-mail won the first prize of $1,000,000 USD (One Million United States Dollars), this Amount will be paid to you once procedure is followed accordingly.


However the results were released yesterday and your email was attached to ticket number (X00961L2007) and ballot number (GW2007/1) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 12,270 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.


The selection process was carried out through ramdom selection in our computarized email selections machine from a database of over 180,000 email addresses drawn from all the continent of the world.


This Lottery is approved by the European Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This lottery is the 2nd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.


In other to claim your $1,000,000.00 USD (One Million Dollars) prize , you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Pay master of THE COCA COLA COMPANY INTERNATIONAL for verification and then you will be directed on how you can obtain your won prize.


1. Full name:
2. Full Residential or Office address:
3. Contact phone numbers:
4. Fax Number:
5. Valid I.D (Scan and send this)
6. Age:
7. Your Ticket
8. Ballot Numbers:
9. Occupation:
10. Your winning Email address:
11 .Sex:


Please you are advised to complete the above informations and send it immediately to our Foreign Pay Master through email adrress below for prompt collection of your Prize:


PLEASE CONTACT THE PAYMENT OFFICER WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR YOUR PRIZE:


NAME: MR.NAT West
POSITION: PAY MASTER ( Coca Cola U.K)
EMAIL: info_paymaster@netzero.net
Telefax: +44-870-974-3751



You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as it could be used trusted ones to establish double claim).


Note that all winnings must be claimed within a specific time otherwise your prize will be returned as unclaimed prize and eventually donate to charity organisations in a month's time.



*Staff of Coca-Cola,the British American Tobacco Company International are not to partake in this Lottery.


Accept Our Hearty Congratulations Once Again!



Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Vera Presley
Information Secretary.













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