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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.
  • +66847150228 (Thailand, probably a 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.
  • web_claim@thaimail.org
  • casino_web@thaimail.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Patipon Narthon." <casino_web@walla.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:37:00 +0700
Subject: Contact Mr. Hughes.


THE CASINO-WEB LOTTERY
OFFICIAL/PRIZE AWARD
DEPT-CASINO-WEB AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON,
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM.
THE CASINO-WEB LOTTERY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION .
Dear Winner.
We are pleased to inform you of the result which was just be concluded for annual draws held on ( 20th AUGUST, 2007 ) by Casino-Web Lottery in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among the 15 Lucky winners who won £450,000.00 each on the CASINO-WEB LOTTERY COMPANY PROMOTION.
However the results were released on ( 17th SEPTEMBER, 2007 ) and your email was attached to ticket number (8PWYZ2007) and ballot number (BT: 14452007/22 The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
Be informed that your winning prize falls within our Asian booklet representative as indicated in your coupon, in view of this, your ?450,000.00 winning prize will be released to you by contacting our Thailand office Manager.
Mr. Joseph Eldrado.
66-28488603ext7 +66-847150228. 24hrs.
Email. web_claim@thaimail.org <mailto:web_claim@thaimail.org>
casino_web@thaimail.org <mailto:casino_web@thaimail.org>
We wish you continued good fortune.
Sincerely.
Patipon Narthon.
Promotion Manager.
Note. Any claim not made before 14 working days from date of this notification indicates that the winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her winning prize
A case of double claims will not be entertained). Staff of Casino Web Lottery and the British American Tobacco Company is not to partake in this Lottery.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Management.

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