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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 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.
  • infounionclients@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • infounionbankingservices@yahoo.com.cn

Fraud email example:

From: Macaucasionpacific <macaucasion2000@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:25:35 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CONTACT THE PAYMENT BANK


MACAU INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION

14 TIAHNE ZENG
MACAU PLAZA
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
Batch: 17/211/0374

MACAU EMAIL PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION SECTION,
14 LOHOU ROAD, MACAU - CHINA

AWARD/WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!
Attn: Rainer Nageller,

We have gone through our official files and found out that you have been selected as one of the winners in this promotion.We hereby issue you the award certificate for an immediate claim of your winning fund from the bank.

Attached is a copy of your award certificate,you are advised to contact the UNION BANK OF CHINA for your payment

Site: http://www.unionchinaa.net
Email: infounionclients@aim.com or infounionbankingservices@yahoo.com.cn

Tel: 86 13418497780
ATTN MR PEDRO LANG
T.T.SECTION ASIA BANK CHINA
For onward transfering of your award fund.Contact him with the above email address and phone number for payment.

Feel free to contact MR PEDRO LANG AT THE UNION BANK OF CHINA for more information about your FUND. As soon as you receive your Award Fund,contact this office for confirmation and to enable us reconcile our account books and file in our Office. Wishing you all the best of luck

CONGRATULATION!!!

DR JOHNY CHEI
LOTTERY ASIA CO-ORDINATOR
0086 135 1010 5254




DR JOHNY CHEI
Online Co-ordinator/claimsagent Officer
Macau International Lottery


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