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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +31616719230 (Netherlands, prepaid 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.
  • info_publicofficer100@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INGKA FOUNDATION" <info_001@blastnet.org>
Reply-To: info_publicofficer100@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:23:36 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION FOR CASH AID


Foundation's Officer,
Stitching INGKA Foundation,
The, Netherlands.
http://www.ikea.nl/
Dear Sir,
NOTIFICATION FOR CASH AID.
This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of trustees of
the above International charity organization based in the Netherlands as one
of the final
recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation for your own personal, education and
business development The Dutch-registered Stitching INGKA Foundation is
named after
Kampar, and owns INGKA Holding, the parent company for all IKEA stores. The
charitable foundation was reported by the business newspaper, the Economist
in
May 2006 to be technically the world's wealthiest charity - with an
estimated value of at least US$36 billion in 2006 (larger than the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation) -
but its primary purpose is, by some, believed to be corporate tax-avoidance
and anti-takeover protection for IKEA. Kampar is chairman of the foundation.
Having been
rated as the biggest charity foundation in Europe for the year 2007, the
foundation has decided to randomly select email addresses that would benefit
from this year's
donation/award.Stitching INGKA Foundation in conjunction with the United
Nations Organization (UNO) and the European Union is giving out a yearly
donation of One Hundred Million
United States Dollars as specific Donations/Grants to 50 lucky international
recipients worldwide in different categories or their educational pursuit,
health care, persona
l Business development and uplift of their environment. These funds are
freely given to you to use for your business educational and personal
development and at
least 30% to be used by you to develop a part of your environment, as this
is a yearly program, which is a measure of universal development strategy,
and eradication of poverty.
Please kindly note that you are not the only beneficiary in your country
this year and your country is not the only country that is benefiting from
this donation, as beneficiaries
have been chosen from countries from all continents.
The idea of this donation is that within ten years from now, there will be
notable richness among many unusual people around the world.
This will give many people the opportunity to get their lives to a stage
where they had always wanted.
Kindly note that, you will only be chosen to receive the donation once.
Which means that, subsequent yearly donation will not get to you again, so
it’s your choice to spend the
donation wisely on something that will last you a long time. And please do
not bother following up this email, if you have benefited from this donation
in previous years.
Based on the random selection exercise of internet service providers (ISP)
and millions of Super market cash invoices worldwide, you were selected
among the lucky
recipients to receive the award sum of $1,500,000.00(One Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States dollars). As charity donations/aid from the
Stitching INGKA Foundation
and the UNO in accordance with the enabling act of Parliament. Note that,
your email was selected from either the internet, or a Shop's cash invoice
around your area in which
you might have purchased something from. You are required to expeditiously
Contact the Executive Secretary below for qualification documentation and
processing of your claims, from Monday through Sunday. On contact with this
officer, you'll be given your donation pin number which you will use in
collecting the funds.
Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers (N-222-6747, E-900-56)
in all discussions.
***********************************
Executive Secretary,
Mr.Leonaert Bramer
Fax: +31-847-368-137
Tel: +31-616-719-230
Email: info_publicofficer100@yahoo.com.hk
**********************************
Please note that these donations/Grants are strictly administered by
"European Union" under delegated powers from the UNO. you are by all means
hereby advised to
keep this whole information confidential until you have been able to collect
your donation, as there have been many cases of double and unqualified
claim, due to beneficiaries
informing third parties about his/her donation. Finally, all funds should be
claimed by their respective beneficiaries, not later that 20 days after
notification, as failure
to do so will be to that particular beneficiary cancelled and its donation
reserved for next years recipients.
On behalf of the Board kindly accept our warmest congratulations
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Benjamin Van Prijs
(Foundation officer)
http://www.ikea.nl

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