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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.
• 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.
  • +447024083646 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704791203 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447024071883 (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.
  • strompostcustomercare@gmail.com
  • bbcresultboard.count@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BBC LOTTERY NATIONAL RESULT VERIFICATION DEPT." <bbc.verificationdept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:26:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Contact Our Paying Bank


Dear Lothar Zweig,

I am Mr.Jones Fox, BBC National Lottery licensed and accredited agent assigned to your case to help you in the claims process of your funds. I wish to congratulate you and to say you are a lucky person to have won this BBC National Lottery. All the winners in the Lottery were selected by an advanced automated random computer ballot search from the Internet as part of our international promotions program which we conduct every year.

You have been instructed to contact our paying bank STROM POST BANK PLC-ENGLAND for the swift opening of account with them, to enhance the transfer of the funds into your new account with the STROM POST BANK PLC-ENGLAND. After was you can then transfer the funds into your local bank account in you country.

The reason why you are asked to open an account with Strom Post Bank Plc, is because you are a Non-Residential of British and in regards to this effect.

You are to contact our paying bank with the following information:-
STROM POST BANK PLC - ENGLAND
Costumer Care: Mr. McGill Steven
Mrs. Janet Williams
Tell: (+44) 702 407 1883
(+44) 704 570 3038
Fax: 702 407 3747
E-mail: bank@strompost.org
strompostcustomercare@gmail.com

Ensure that you keep me updated as you claim your winnings from the bank.

Mr. Jones Fox
B.B.C LOTTERY
National Lottery Results.
PO Box 200
Harrogate England , UK.
Email: bbcresultboard.count@yahoo.co.uk
Phone No:+44 702 408 3646.
Fax No:+44 870 479 1203.



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