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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:
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447005961595 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447011127571 (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.
  • chasebnk@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Chase Bank <accoutsdept_chasebank@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: chasebnk@accountant.com
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:17:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: {Disarmed} Be Informed


Chase Bank International

Thank you winner, for contacting us. Frau Fish
(£,600,000.00)
This message was sent to you because you won a lottery programme., In the amount stated at the top right corner.

Chase Bank International
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Direct Tel: +44 701 112 7571, +44 701 112 7738
Direct Fax:+447005961595, +447005942881
LAND-LINE +44-208-425-8863


Direct Email: chasebnk@accountant.com

Our Ref: CBI/SOL/01
Your Ref: CBI/UK/A4-X6/00


Be Informed
Att: Frau Fish,


This is to officially inform you, that your email address, was randomly selected from a computer ballot system of all web users around the globe.

At this present time, your won funds are in a suspence account at our corporate headquaters here in the UK, pending your claims.

Be informed, that you are not compelled to claim your winnings, as you could decide not to claim your winnings, by sending to us an official letter stating that you seeze to claim your winnings, and we shall immediately return your won funds to the security treasury of the lottery organisation for next years draws.

You are advised to act accordingly, if ou are still intrested in recieving your won funds.

We shall await your response.




TREAT WITH DISPATCH
YOURS FAITHFULLY
Mr Nathaniel James
Accounts Officer







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Chase Bank International are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and signatories to the Banking Codes.

This e-mail is only for the above addressees. It may contain confidential or privileged information.
If you are not an addressee you must not copy, distribute, disclose or use any of the information in
it or any attachments. If you have received it in error please notify the sender and delete it
immediately.

Chase Bank International. Registered office: Corporate Headquarters, 182 Balham High Road, London,United Kingdom, number 2065. Telephone: 020 7626.







If you require any further clarification on the above, please contact the Head of Banking Operations, Mr. Nathaniel James between the hours of 9am-6pm GMT (Mondays- Saturdays)
Yours Truly
Mr. Nathaniel James
Accounts Officer.







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