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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "barrister" (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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • lauranchambers@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: claimming agent <claimmingagent2008@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:34:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FILL AND SEND THE FORM TO THE LAWYER.


Dear Lucky Winner, Once again congratulation over your winning Fund In the emails lottery promotion held in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West Africa. This is what you will do next to enable you claim your winning fund as laid down by the lottery board of control.


(1) You can come down personally to Ouagadougou,Burkina-Faso for the signing up and payment of your winning money cash, and after open a personal bank account here to pay in the money and for subsequent transfer

(2) Alternatively if you will not be able to come down personally to Burkina -Faso, you can write to the foreign lawyer attached to the lottery board here from the United Kingdom to act on your behalf as a witness and do the necessary formalities that will ensure the release and subsequent transfer of your winning fund into your nominated bank account of your choice, through the information that you are going to fill in the below form.

However you are to fill this (CLAIMING RELEASE FORM) bellow and send it immediately to the Foreign lawyer attached to the board in the headquarter office of the lottery raffle draw promotion in his name and on his electronic e-mail address below.
BARRISTER LAURAN PAUL
His e-mail address: lauranchambers@yahoo.com
Office Telephone Number : TEL:(+226)78 01 91 41
Best Regard.
Claiming Manager Office.


NOTE: FINALLY YOU CAN EITHER CALL THE LAWYER OR WRITE BY SENDING THIS CLAIMING RELEASE FORM TO HIS EMAIL ADDRESS NOT LATER THAN 48HOURS FROM TODAY.



CLAIMING PROCEDURE

AWARD FUNDS RELEASE FORM (EMLK/85-045)



PERSONAL DETAILS
(1)YOUR FULL NAME: -----------------
(2)CONTACT ADDRESS: --------------
(3)SEX: ---------------------------------
(4)AGE: --------------------------------
(5) MARITAL STATUS : ---------------
(6)OCCUPATION: ---------------------
(7)NATIONALITY : --------------------
(8)CONTACT PHONE & FAX-----------

OFFICIAL WINNING INFORMATIONS
TICKET NUMBER:............................................
LUCKY NUMBER:.............................................
SERIAL NUMBER:............................................

FUNDS TRANSFER DETAIL

(1) BANK NAME:----------------------
(2) BANK ADDRESS:-------------------
(3) BANK SWIFT CODE:---------------
(4) ACCOUNT NUMBER:---------------






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