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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:
  • "irish lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",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)
  • ",500,000" (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.
  • +447092865919 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045709636 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: mailkelvinwhite@yahoo.co.uk (IRISH LOTTERY ORGANIZATION)
Reply-To: mailkelvinwhite@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:08:41 -600
Subject: Congratulations!!!!!!!!(Your Email Won X1,500,000)

IRELAND ONLINE LOTTERY PROMO
1 Cromac Quay,
Cromac Wood
Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 2JD
IRELAND ONLINE LOTTERY NOTIFICATION DESK
We announce to you the online draw of the IRISH LOTTERY which was held
on 21st, January, 2008.Your email address was picked in a lucky draw
which
won the Online games for you through your email address.

You are therefore approved to collect a winning sum of £1,500,000 (One
Million,Five hundred thousand.GBP) from our payment center been a
selected winner in our online lottery games. Winners of the IRISH
LOTTERY
where
selected from World wide Website through computer draw system extracted
from more than 1000,000,000 address, these is to encourage different
individual all over the world that are faced with financial problems.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning details
confidential till your claim 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 programme. Please be warned!!!!!!

To collect your winnings, please complet the claims and send it to our
consultant that will immediately process your winnings through the
verification department of the IRISH LOTTERY after which confirmation
will
be sent to you to enable you collect your winnings.

The Consultant Contact are below:

Mr. Kelvin White
E-mail:mailkelvinwhiteyahoo.co.uk
Tel:(+44)704- 570- 9636
Fax:+ 447092865919
Consultant Irish National Lottery.

*Name of Beneficiary:------------------

*Address: ---------------

*City/State:-------------

*Nationality:-------------

*Sex:---------------------

*Tel: -------------------

*Occupation:-------------

*Next of Kin:------------

*Age:--------------------

*Email: -----------------

*AMOUNT WON:-------------

Yours faithfully,
Cecilia Daniels(Mrs).
CO-ORDINATOR IRELAND LOTTERY.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam