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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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.
  • +447045706321 (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.
  • richardforbes_agent07@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SWISSORGANISATION LOTTERY <cynthiathomas_swiss19@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:30:01 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER IN THE 2007 SWISS LOTTERY






Swiss lotto
Bunderstrasse 33
3324 Bern Eck,
Switzerland


Dear Swiss Lottery Winner,

You have just won € 4,000,000 Euro (FOUR MILLION EURO) in an internet lottery in which e-mail address was picked randomly by software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website. This promo is proudly sponsored by the Swiss lottery organization. Your email address, attached to JOKER NUMBER: 833722, with EXTRA JOKER NUMBER: 119072 drew the SWISS WINNING NUMBER: 4 12-14-19-21-31+35 , and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category.

The Draws for Date 1ST of SEPTEMBER 2007 are out and Today the 2ND of SEPTEMBER 2007 your email address is among the lucky winnings and are to be collected by you before or on the 15TH of OCTOBER 2007 .In View of this, your € 4,000,000 Euro (FOUR MILLION EURO) will be released to you by our security firm in Europe. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw System and extracted from over 300,000 companies and individual email addresses. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to Claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact our trusted agent:
Name: RICHARD FORBESEmail: richardforbes_agent07@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone Number : +447045706321,+447045706320
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please send the details required below to our designated agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Cynthia Thomas {coordinator SWISS NATIONAL LOTTERY} YOU ARE TO SEND THE FOLLOWING DETAILS BELOW TO THE CLAIMS AGENT

1. FULL NAME:2. TELEPHONE NUMBER :3. FAX NUMBER :3. ADDRESS :4. MARITAL STATUS : 5. AGE :6. SEX :7. NATIONALITY : 8. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE : 9. OCCUPATION :
10. JOKER NUMBER :11. EXTRA JOKER NUMBER : 12. EXPIRATION DATE OF COLLECTING YOUR FUNDS :
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