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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 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.
  • +31644763262 (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.
  • kraslottoagency@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: krasloten coordinator <mrs.henksusan634@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <kraslottoagency@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:46:29 +0200
Subject: CONTACT KRASLOTEN AGENCY FOR YOUR CLAIM.



KRASLOTEN LOTTERY INTERNATIONALREF. NO: MSW/56B-672GH/L BATCH NO: 4583JL/WIN TICKET NO: NL754/22/76 LUCKY NO: 2-27-29-41-49AWARD NO: NL 22/15909 FROM DESK OF PROMOTION MANAGER{MICRO/KRASLOTEN EMAIL LOTTERY} www.krasloten.nl YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON $2,000,000.00(TWO MLN USD) IN THE FIRST CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER BALLOT EMAIL LOTTERY HELD ON THE 1ST DAY OF AUGUST 2007. YOUR EMAIL ID EMERGED ALONGSIDE WITH TWELVE (12) OTHERS AS FIRST CATEGORY WINNER IN THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL KRASLOTEN LOTTERY DRAW.
MEANWHILE, TO CLARIFY YOUR DOUBT ON HOW YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WERE SELECTED AND FREQUENTLY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY LIKELY ASK (HOW DID I ENTER THIS CONTEST???HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS???HOW DID I WIN???).
ALL THIRTEEN (13) WINNING EMAIL ID WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FROM A BATCH OF 50,000,000 INTERNATIONAL EMAILS. NO TICKET WAS SOLD BUT IT IS TO ENCOURAGE INTERNET USERS. TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING, CONTACT OUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT OFFICE: NAME: HENRY ZIJPEN (MR.). EMAIL: kraslottoagency@aim.com EMAIL: kraslottoagency@yahoo.deTEL: +31-644-763-262 SEND THE FOLLOWING TO THE CLAIM DEPARTMENT: FULL NAMES, PHONE/FAX NO, REF NO, BATCH NO, TICKET NO, LUCKY NO, AWARD NO. SINCERELY, SUSAN HENK (MRS.) PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR.
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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam