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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 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.
  • parleypaulson12@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: file0014@mchsi.com (TOYOTA CAR INC.)
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:37:04 +0000
Subject: TOYOTA PRIZE CONSOLATIONS WINNER

The Lottery Department United Kingdom
Toyota Car Promotions
CVR-nr. 25554493.

This is to inform you that have been selected for a Cash prize of
£600,000.00. (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)and a brand
new Toyota Prius car International programs held September 2007 in
the UK.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our

computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the
world.This Toyota car Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board

and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming
Regulators (IAGR).This promotional car lottery is the tenth of its
kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr. Parley Paulson.
Email: parleypaulson12@yahoo.com

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret pin code
TY7448500 and your reference number 799BV90.You are also advised to
provide him with the under listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:

1. Full names:
2. Residential address:
3. Phone number:
4. Fax number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age:
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
10.Next of kin name/address:

If you do not contact your claims agent within 7 working days of
this notification,your winnings would be revoked. Winners are advised

to keep their winning details/information from the public to avoid
fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim by Winner.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Regards
Mr.Robert Barker
Lottery Manager.

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