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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:
  • ",000,000" (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 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.
  • vanden.mac02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: PEPSI PROMO <pepsi_dep33@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 06:02:49 +0100
Subject: THE PEPSI COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION!!



THE PEPSI COMPANYPROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT151 CANADA SQUARE,CANARY WHARF, LONDON, E14 5DY,UNITED KINGDOM.
THE PEPSI COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION!!
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annualfinal draws held on Saturday, 23rd of June 2007 by Pepsi in conjunctionwith the European Gaming Prize Consumer Award Promotion, your email wasamong the 20 Lucky winners who won E1,500,000.00 (One Million, Fivehundred Thousand Euros) each on the;
THE PEPSI COMPANY LOTTERY PROMOTION.
However, your email was attached to ticket number (7XBYZ2007) andballot ticket number BTN:41632006/20). The online draws was conductedby a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of25,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies pickedby 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.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in ourcomputerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over25,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Lottery is approved by the European Prize Consumer Award Promotionand also Licensed by the The International Association of GamingRegulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend tosensitize the public. It is aimed at encouraging internet users.
In other to claim your E1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five hundre ThousandEuros) prize winning, you will have to fill the form below and send itto the Promotion manager/Payout officer of THE PEPSI COMPANY forverification. You will then be informed on how to claim your prize ofE1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five hundred Thousand Euro).
NAME: .................................
AGE:....................................
SEX:....................................
ADDRESS:................................
EMAIL:..................................
PHONE:...................................
OCCUPATION:...............................
COMPANY:...................................
COUNTRY:...................................
AMOUNT WON:................................
ANNUAL INCOME:..............................
HOW OFTEN DO YOU DRINK PEPSI? ..............
Fill the form and send it to the Payout officer. Find details below.
(CONTACT DETAILS OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER/PAYOUT OFFICER)Name: Mr. Vanden MacAlister151 Canada Square, Canary Wharf,London E14 5DY, United KingdomE MAIL: vanden.mac02@yahoo.co.uk
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general publicespecially your ticket number and ballot number. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
Yours faithfully,Agent Matt DillonManagement.
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