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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "toyota car promotions" (no such lottery exists)
  • "yahoo/msn lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
  • "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• 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")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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.
  • +447024072181 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447035901818 (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.
  • cm_beckman@hotmail.com
  • eventmanager_claimsverification@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: "TOYOTA CAR PROMOTION 2007" <claimprocessing_section@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:50:57 -1200
Subject: {Spam!}

Toyota Car Promotions Department
2 Lansodowne Row, Berkeley Square,
London,W1J 6h, United Kingdom
CVR-nr. 25554493.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON THE 2007 TOYOTA PROMOTION!!!

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 2007 in London Uk.

You can view our website to view your car
(http://www.toyota.com/prius)

Description Of New Toyota Car to be Shipped to you.
Miles:New.........................Doors:4 doors or more
Transmission:Automatic............Interior:Tan
Engine:4 - Cyl....................Year:2007
Warranty:Existing.................Cruise Control
Title:Clear.......................Exterior:Red
Condition:New.....................Engine: 1.9L DOHC MPFI
VVT-i
16-valve 4-cyl engine w/integ
CD Player.........................Side Airbags
Passenger Airbag..................Driver Airbag
Anti-Lock Brakes..................Air Conditioning
Power Windows.....................Power Locks

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
theThe 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
Transferagents as stated below:

Mr. Charles M. Beckman
2 Lansodowne Row, Berkeley Square,
London,W1J 6h, United Kingdom
Email: cm_beckman@hotmail.com
Phone Number: +44 703 590 1818

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 REQUIREMENT:
1.Full Name :
2.Address :
3.Nationality :
4.Age :
5.Sex :
6.Occupation:
7.Phone/Fax:
8.Present Country:

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. Teddy Lee
Lottery Manager

Yahoo/Msn Lottery
Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te
United kingdom

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of
Five hundred thousand Great Britain Pound
Sterlings(£500,000.00) for the month of November 2007
Lottery promotion which is organized by Yahoo/Msn Lottery
Inc & Windows Live.

Yahoo/Msn Lottery Inc & Windows Live,collects all the email
addresses of the people that are active online, among the
millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail we only select
five people every Month as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying,we congratulate
you for being one of the people selected.



You are to contact the events manager on or before your date
of Claim, Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her
Settlement Centre.
Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 20
days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in
which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this
period will be forfeited.


These are your identification numbers:

Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number........................YM35447XN
Winning number..................YM09788


These numbers fall within your Location file, you are
requested to contact the events manager, send your winning
identification numbers to him,to enable him verify your
claims.How ever you will have to fill and submit this form
to the events manager for verification & direction on how
you can claim your winning fund.

1. Full name..............
2. Contact Address........
3. Age....................
4. Telephone Number.......
5. Marital Status.........
6. Sex....................
7. Next Of Kin............
8. Zip Code...............
9. Occupation.............
10.Company................
11.State:.................
12.Country................
13.Nationality............
14. Your Reference and Batch number at the top of this mail:

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Name:Mr. Owen Green
E-mail:eventmanager_claimsverification@yahoo.com.hk
Tel No:+447024072181
Thank you and Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Witney Ericson
(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games/Lottery Coordinator).

Anti-fraud resources:

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