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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.
• 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.
  • +447024073093 (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.
  • christianaid_info@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "©" 2007 CHRISTIANAID! <admin@christianaid.info>
Reply-To: christianaid_info@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 21 Sep 2007 10:17:36 -0400
Subject: CHRISTIANAID UK BENEFICIARY!!!

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Christian Aid

35 Lower Marsh

London SE1 7RL



Tel:+44-7024073093

Fax:+44-700-593-8794.





ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY



This is to notify you that you have been chosen By the Board of Trustees of the Christian Aid (NGO UK) as one of the final Recipients of a Cash grant/Donation for Economic growth and a poverty alleviation scheme.Christian Aid (U.K.) a Multi-Million Pounds NGO was established with the objective Of Human Growth, Educational and Community development.



In line with our anniversary program, the Christian Aid (U.K.) in

conjunction with the European Council is giving out One Hundred Million

Pounds Sterling as specific Donations/Grants to 150 lucky international

recipients worldwide in different categories for Business development and Social Upliftment.



These funds are freely given to you for your business and educational

development, charitable work and your community development at large.Your Email was selected Based on an internet random selection exercise,you are therefore confirmed as one of the lucky recipients and you are entitled to 850,000.00 (eight hundred and fifty thousand Pounds Sterling Only) as charity donations/aid from the Christian Aid (UK).



You are required to Contact immediately the Christian Aid payment department below by email. Endeavour to quote Your Qualification Number: (N-222-6747,E-900-56) for qualification documentations, verification and processing of your £850,000.00 Pounds Sterling entitlement.



Mrs.Kate Phillips.

christianaid_info@yahoo.co.uk

Tel:+44-7024072686



Endeavour to quote your Qualification numbers (N-222-6747, E-900-56) in all your correspondence with Mrs.Kate Phillips.Please note that this donations/Grants are administered by a UK Bank and therefore subject to UK Banking Laws. You are by all means advised to keep this whole information confidential until you have collected your donation, this is to avoid double and unqualified claim, due to beneficiaries informing third parties on cash grant donation.



For due processing remember, you must contact our payment department agent not later than TWO WEEKS from today. After this date,all funds will be returned as unclaimed.



On behalf of the Board, kindly accept our warmest congratulations!



Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Maria Standingford

Christian Aid (UK).







******************************** PLEASE NOTE *******************************



In accordance with the ChristianAid E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 150 lucky international recipients.This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning information’s you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.









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