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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 agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "you are required to pay " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
• 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.
  • +8657463567913 (China, probably a 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.
  • hendrik5@mail2winner.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Hendrik De Booij" <frank@dca.net>
Reply-To: hendrik5@mail2winner.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:54:14 -0400
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID



--


NINGBO AOLE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE CO.,LTD
Fuhai Industrial Zone Cixi
Zhejiang
200120 PR China.
www.china-aole.com
+86 574-635-67913
July 2007


------------------------------------------------------------
CONGRATULATIONS FROM AOLE- your email has won $480,000. HOW? read
below.

Dear Winner.
We at Ningbo Aole Electrical Appliance co.,LTD likes to officially
notify you of your prize which you have won from the just drawn AOLE
INTERNET PROMOTION. This is just a step to promote our company
worldwide.


Your email with a Micros ID XL-0996524-086-92DD (This ID is
what our computer system uses in identifying your email amongst others)
was luckily selected to be this year's winner.On that note we like to
congratulate you again.

The only thing you are required to pay back to this company is to
place our logo on your Car for 6months.(You have also won a brand new
BMW 2005 X5 Car).
Find below the Prizes you have won.

*A total cash prize of $480,000 (Four Hundred And Eighty Thousand USD)
*A brand new BMW X5 car.--Our Company Logo must be placed on it--

To file your immediate claims,you MUST contact our Claims Agent
(Mr. Hendrik De Booij) with the following information.

*Your Full names
*Your Full address
*Age and Gender
*Occupation
* Country
*Telephone Number/FAX
*Winning Email and Micros ID

On submission of the above,you will get full instructions and
documentations to enable you receive your prizes.

Send all details to Mr. Hendrik De Booij -- Amsterdam Netherlands--

*EMAIL :hendrik5@mail2winner.com

If your winning E-mail is a Corporate or Public email,then you are to
choose just one representative or Contact person from your
establishment to run the claims. And must also agree to place our Logo
for
6months.


CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE ENTIRE FAMILY OF NINGBO AOLE.

Mrs. Li Hun Chang.
COMPANY SEC.(Announcer)

© 2007 Ningbo aole Elect company Ltd

********PLEASE NOTE********

You must be 21 or older to be eligible for claims.DO NOT CLICK REPLY.
simply copy the email (hendrik5@mail2winner.com) and send all required
details to effect immediate processing of claims.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam