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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • +447045741401 (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.
  • globalcourierdelivery_services01@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Wayne Johnson <info_freelottopick03@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:10:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Read And Understand


Dear Mr. Lambart Freud,

I am in receipt of your email and i dearly understand you. But i want you to know that
This lottery was organized by an association of software manufacturers who came together from all parts of Europe including Great Britain, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium which are the major host countries. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot draw system, were we extracted over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide and we are beginning this year with this €£1,000,000.00 as it is like a WELCOME TO 2007.

If you have been contacted by our LOTTERY COORDINATOR Audrey Williams, it means you might be one of our lucky international winners in this year Free Lottery Promotion International PROGRAM.

So i want you to understand that this is not an hoax it is real and i advice you to contact the courier company for claims and please do endenvour to update me with every informations from the courier company so as to monitor the delivery of your winnings you do not have to contact any other person claiming to be your Fiduciary Agent. You have to contact the courier company immediately and follow up with every instruction that will be given to you by your delivery agent Peter Clay. You can contact him via email or via Telephone:

globalcourierdelivery_services01@yahoo.co.uk
Phone; +4470-457-414-01
+4470-457-414-01

Best Regards,
Wayne Johnson.




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