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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447024054482 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704711608 (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.
  • fwlragency@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • euromillionuknational@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Elizabeth Fowler <fwlragency@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:30:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?DEAR=20LEONORE=20TRAUGEN,YOU=20ARE=20TO=20CONTACT=20THE=20?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?EUROMILLION=20PAYMENT=20CENTER=20FOR=20YOUR=20PRIZE=20OF?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?=20=20=A31,000,000=20GBP=20=20=20?=


FOWLER & ADAMS AGENCY.
NAME: MRS ELIZABETH FOWLER / PROF. RAPHAEL ADAMS
ADD: 37 GREYSTOCK ROAD CAMBRIDGE
CB1 8DS UNITED KINGDOM.
EMAIL: fwlragency@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: 0 702 405 4482
FAX: 0 700 598 1874

ATTENTION: LEONORE TRAUGEN


SIR / MADAM,

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE ON YOUR WINNINGS LOTTERY 2007 CONCERNING YOUR WINNING LOTTERY MONEY OF £1,000,000 GBP (Equivalent of US$2.100, 000 OR 1.500,000 EUR ).

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT THE LOTTERY IS FOR REAL AND IT'S A LEGITIMATE ONE THAT IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS LOTTERY ALL OVER THE WORLD.THIS IS OUR WEBSITE FOR YOUR PERUSAL : www.lottery.top-sk.com

NOTE: THE LOTTERY IS AN EMAIL/REWARD /AWARD PROGRAM ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SELECTED RANDOMLY THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM OVER 20,000 EMAIL SITE, AND 30,000 NAMES AND EMAILS ARE PICKED AT RANDOM.

THIS PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM TAKES PLACE EVERY YEAR, AND IS BEEN PROMOTED AND SPONSORED BY EMINENT PERSONALITIES LIKE THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI, BILL GATES OF MICROSOFT INC AND RUSSIAN BILLONAIRE ROMAN ABRAMOVICH FINALLY MULTI CHOICE AND OTHER CORPORATE ORGANIZATION.THIS PROGRAME IS TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER WORLD WIDE.

NOTE: ANY INFORMATION YOU GIVE OUT WILL NOT BE GIVEN TO ANY 3rd PARTY BY ANY MEANS. OUR ENTIRE FUND IS BEEN RAISED FROM COPERATE BODIES, GOVERMENT, AND NON GOVERMENTAL COMPANIES AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS.

FOR SECURITY PURPOSE AND CLARITY, WE ADVISE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS VERY CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAVE BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR MONEY REMITTED TO YOU, THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SOME WINNERS.

KONTAKT SO BITTE DIE ZAHLUNG MITTE DES EURO MILLION BRITISCHE NATIONALE LOTTERIE DER KATEGORIE „C“ DIESES PROGRAMMS, VON DEM DEIN WINNINGS IN FIEL, DAMIT DIE ERTRÄGE DIESER VERHANDLUNG AN DEN FOLGENDEN 20 AMTLICHEN ARBEITSTAGEN DURCHGEFÜHRT WERDEN KÖNNEN.

CONTACT ADDRESS:-

MR. JAYSON BROWN
(THE OPERATIONAL DIRECTOR)
EURO MILLION UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PAYMENT CENTER,
71 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4DE United Kingdom
MOBILE:- +44 702 405 4482
FAX:- +44 870 471 1608
EMAIL: euromillionuknational@yahoo.co.uk




GLÜCKWÜNSCHE NOCH EINMAL!!!
ANMERKUNG: NACH US UND AUCH ZUR ZAHLUNG MITTE SENDEN:
ADRESSIEREN VOLLER NAME 1.YOUR UND KONTAKT INFORMATIONEN.
2. FAMILIENSTAND U. ALTER D.H. GEBURTSDATUM.
3.OCCUPATION UND FIRMA-KONTAKT-ADRESSE.
4.YOUR VERWEISEN TELEFON-u. TELEFAX-ZAHL.
DAMIT WIR DEINE GEWINNENDE LOTTERIE-BESCHEINIGUNG VORBEREITEN KÖNNEN. DIE GLEICHEN INFORMATIONEN ZUR ZAHLUNG MITTE FÜR KENNZEICHNUNG AUCH SCHICKEN




MRS ELIZABETH FOWLER




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