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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447045705110 (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.
  • bmwclaimsdept_1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alan smith <alansmith_4@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <bmwclaimsdept_1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:17:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS CONTACT AGENT NOW!!!




THE BMW COMPANYPROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT:BMW AVENUESTAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM
THE BMW COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on 26th JULY 2007 by bmw© Worldwide Promotion.Your email was among the 10 Lucky winners who won £750,000.00 {Seven hundred and fifty thousand Great Britain Pounds} each in the BMW 2007 AWARD PROMO. From the results released today, it has been confirmed that your email was attached to reference number BMW: 2551256003/23 and secret pin code: x7pwyz2005 which consequently emerged as one of the 10 lucky winners. The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031,643 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. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:NAME:MR MARTIN COLEMAN.BMW LOTTERY DEPARTMENT UK,
7 DOCK WAY SEFTON BUSINESS PARK LONDON,
T40 4RT United Kingdom.EMAIL: bmwclaimsdept_1@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +(44) 7045705110REQUIRED DETAILS:Name:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Age:
Phone/Mobile:
Fax:
Sex:
Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed.This is a security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of this program.Congratulations once more from all members and *Staff of BMW. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.Yours Faithfully,Lottery Board.
_________________________________________________________________
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