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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +447035903084 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: CLAIMS AGENT OFFICE <chevron_claimsunit@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:41:41 +0000
Subject: CONTACT THE PAYING BANK...CHEVRON LOTTERY



Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company,
BRANCH OFFICE7 Triton Square,Regents Place, London, United Kingdom. Dear ,

I am deeply so for the inconvience that i may have have place on you.We had an error in the bank email address and that was been noted now.I do wish to resend this information again do contact the bank with the below email address.Please to pardon me for the nistake.

Welcome to Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Company,Firstly,Let me introduce myself.I am Barr.Corts Williams the Chevron Texaco Oil and Gas Online Agent..I received your mail and i quite understood the content of your mail. Firstly,I am glad to inform you that you have been cleared as a winner of the CHEVRON TEXACO OIL AND GAS ONLINE LOTTERY DRAW. In regards to your mail,I do wish to informed you that yor winning fund of $1,000,000 USD as been deposited in an offshore bank in united kingdom and for you to claim you fund you just have to contact the bank in which our lottery company have deposited your winning funds of $1,000,000(One million United state dollars) with the DEPOSIT/ORDER NUMBER: LW20156.

In regards to your mail, ,you are how ever adviced to contact the Paying Bank as soon as this mail gets to you.You are to contact the bank immediately for fast transfer of your winnings and as soon as that is done, do keep me your agent updated so that i could give you advice on all necessary steps that you are to take if anything else arise. Please find below the Bank Contact details.

Name of Bank: STANDARD TRUST BANK Email:transferunit@standardbkplc.com
Bank phone number:+44 70359 03084
Name of transfer manager: MR KEN JONATHAN.
Country:United Kingdom. When contacting them, you are to include this deposit/order number(LW20156) as the subject in order for your mail to be attended to and to easily verify you as a winner of this lottery. Please you are advised to write down the deposit/order number and save it due to the fact that you will present it to the FBI UNIT in United Kingdom for security purposes and to make sure that our lottery company is not a fraud or rather a spam lottery company. NOTE THAT YOUR DEPOSIT/ORDER NUMBER IS...... LW20156
Onces Again Congratulations!!! Sincerely, Mr.Corts Williams(Chevron Texaco Lottery Agent


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