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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)
  • "courier service" (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.
  • +447045733198 (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.
  • claimsagentjohnwilliams44@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?us-ascii?Q?POWERBALL=20LOTTO=2E=20Bv?= <JosefCifka@seznam.cz>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:54:34 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?FINAL=20NOTIFICATION=21=21=21?=

POWERBALL LOTTO. Bv
POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2007,
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consultation Prize Winner,
25-08-2007

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE

Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors,POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 10th July. 2007 POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game email lottery which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED KINGDOM.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email address coupon number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and Number: 7 23 3 54 55 28 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS).

Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies.

You have won a consultation cash prize of 1,000,000,00 (One Million Pounds Sterling Only) The POWERBALL LOTTO Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information Officer Mr.John Williams, who has been assigned to assist you.

DUE PROCESS UNIT INFORMATION OFFICER
Contact Person: Mr.John Williams
Email:claimsagentjohnwilliams44@yahoo.co.uk
Tel : +44-704-573-3198
Tel:+44-702-406--5348

POWERBALL LOTTERY WINNING CLAIMS APPLICATION FORM
Enter Your Personal Details below in ENGLISH.
* Title:...........................
* First Name....................
* Last Name:................
* Present Address................
* City:..............................
* State:.................................
* Zip/Postal Code:.................
* Country:........................
* E-mail:...........................
Phone: Area Code-Number............
Fax: Area Code-Number.................
* Coupon No. :..............................
Lottery Winning Amount:..............
* Draw Date:...........................
* How do you feel ? ...................

Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.

(1) BY ATTORNEY................................................

(2) BY COURIER SERVICE:.....................

(3) ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER:..................

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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). This email and its attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its attachments without reading, copying or forwarding
the contents.

Congratulations once again from all our staffs in Uk and Netherlands on your consolation prize winnings, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Powerball Lotto-Wheel

Email-games.

Mr:John Williams

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam