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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.
  • +22502121854 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a 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.
  • johnaudiwilliams@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: audia4mottors promo <audimottorsplashgift@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: johnaudiwilliams@yahoo.fr
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:34:03 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON!


AUDI PROMOTION, 2007 AUDI 2007
DEAR WINNER ,

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the Free audi A4 draw held on the 21ST of August, 2007. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails from AFRICA,ASIA, AMERICA ,EUROPE AND PARTS OF MIDDLE EAST. Consequently,you have therefore been approved for a total payout of USD$ 20,000(twenty- thousand dollars) only. Your email address emerged along side 9 others as a category to winner in this year's Annual draw.

The draw is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,audi industry, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers, Mckintosh .And mostly by the African's Government.The draw is held once a year.And is so organized to encourage the use of internet and computers.And also to advertise the South Africa 2008 draw.
We are proud to say that over US $ 10 Million are won annually in more than 150 countries world wide.
The following particulars are attached to your audi draw payment order:

(i) winning numbers: 37-13-43-85-67-11
(ii) email ticket number: FL754/22/76
(iii) lotto code number: FL09622UK
(iv) the file Ref number: FL/04/736207152/UK

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be warned.for more informations and claims please the contact promotionals manger address.

The contact
E-MAIL:johnaudiwilliams@yahoo.fr
TEL.+225-02-12-18-54
CONGRATULATIONS!!!


managing director audi Africa




Sincerely,
Rev. John Williams
Promotions Manager
audi draw 2007


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