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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")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +447045724689 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348084089995 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Karl Davis <karldavisy2k5@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:20:01 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON $1,000,000 ???



Results: You have won $1,000000.00 USD! Yahoo! Mailcongratulates You! THE YAHOO LOTTERY INTL INC. Barley House, Harold Road Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te United Kingdom. MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLDDear Winner, YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION We are delighted to inform you of your prize releaseon the 19th October, 2007 from the YAHOO! International Lottery Program which is fully based onan electronic selection of winners using their e-mailaddresses. Your e-mail was attached to ticket number47061725 07056490902, serial number 7741137002. Thisbatch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery inthe First category.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum of $1,000000.00 USD(ONE MILLION DOLLARS)in cash credit tofile ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize ofUS$50,000,000.00(DOLLARS) shared amongst 50(Fifty)lucky winners in this category.All participant were selected through a sorting andfiltering program designed by Dr Philip Emegwali from50,000,000 (fifty million) e-mail addresses from theweb because you have once visited one of Yahoo!sponsored sites. This is part of our internationalpromotions program which is conducted monthly topromote the use of the internet with the world as aglobal village. This Lottery was promoted andsponsored by YAHOO! We hope with part of your prize,you will participate in our end of year high stakesfor US$1.3 Billion international draw.YAHOO, collects all the E MAIL I D of the people thatsubscribes to yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol, altavista,and others online, among the billions that subscribeto us only Fifty people will be merge for winnings. weonly select fifty people every Month as our winnersthrough electronic balloting System without the winnerapplying, we are congratulating you for having beenone of the lucky people that won for this Last month..you are to contact your Claims Agent on or before yourdate of Claim, Winners shall be paid in accordancewith his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 15days from date of Draw Notification after the Drawdate in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimedwithin this period will be forfeited and retrieved .Please note that your lucky winning number fallswithin our booklet representative office in UK asindicated in your play coupon. In view of this, yourwon prize will be released to you by any of ourpayment Banks in Africa or it's correspndence Bank inUK .Our agent will immediately commence the processto facilitate the release of your funds as soon as youcontact him through the email address or telephonenumbers stating your winning particulars as directedbelow.Oversea Payment and Release Order Department,OSA CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENTContact Person: Dr. Harry G. MooreEmail:harrymoore002@yahoo.comPhone: +234-8084089995. Here are your Particulars:Security Code: AL/FEB/XX01 Ref: 4758961725 Batch: ALLINC 70564943902/188Winning no: FGNGB2701/LPRSECURITYFor security reasons, we advice all winners to keepthis information confidential from the public untilyour claim is processed and your prize released toyou.This is part of our security protocol to avoid doubleclaiming and unwarranted taking advantage of thisprogramme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.Note, all winnings MUST be claimed otherwise the fundswill be returned as unclaimed. Security Advice :At The Yahoo International Lottery weunderstand the importance of security. That's whywe've created highly secure facilities to give youconfidence during our promotions programs or when youplay our games online, on TV via Sky Active or usingyour mobile phone to play by text. Warning: Fraudulent emails are circulating thatappears to be using Yahoo International Lotteryaddresses, but are not from us. If you receive similaremail that is not from us, kindly disregard/discard itimmediately. Do NOT reply any such email but genuineemail from us via this email address. Our securitypages that will give you more information aboutcurrent scams and what measures you can take toprotect yourself.NOTICE: You have received this message from YahooInternational Lotto Lottery prize department becauseyou have visited one of our sponsored sites and havevoluntarily given your email address to receive mailsfrom their sponsors. If you wish to be taken out ofthis list do not reply to this mail, reply to theagent with the words remove. If you are not theintended recipient, you must not, directly orindirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copyany part of this message. If you believe you havereceived this message in error, please delete it andall copies of it from your system and notify thesender immediately by reply e-mail. Thank you.Congratulations, once more from the entire Managementand Staff of YAHOO! Thank you for being part ofthis promotional email lottery program. Yours Sincerely, Dr. Karl A.DevisOnline Co-ordinator for Yahoo! 2007 Lottery program Barley House Harold Road Sutton, Greater London Sm1 4te United Kingdom. Tel: +447045724689. The Yahoo.com staffYahoo.com http://www.yahoo.comYahoo! Lottery Results Yahoo! Lottery is a free service that does not requireyou to be a Yahoo! registered user.
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