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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447031924215 (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.
  • drjimmyjones@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jimmy_jones2a@terra.es" <jimmy_jones2a@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:11:27 +0100 (MET)
Subject: LEADWAY Promotions Company



Dear friend,

My name is Dr. Jimmy Jones. I am contacting you because I have a good deal =
for both of us. I work with LEADWAY Promotions Company based here in London=
, United Kingdom. Few days ago, our company (LEADWAY Promotions Company), i=
n conjunction with REDDOT Promotion Company, conducted an online lottery he=
re in UK. REDDOT is another Promotion Company based in Germany. Their websi=
te is http://en.red-dot.org/newgallery/page.php?id=3D48&lang=3Den

I was the coordinator of the last lottery here. The draws was conducted by =
a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 20,000 e-ma=
il addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced auto=
mated random computer search from the internet. I manipulated things and ad=
ded a particular email address which I personally created. This email addre=
ss is one of the addresses that have won the jackpot of =C2=A31,500,000 (On=
e Million, Five Hundred British Pounds Only). But the problem is that I can=
not claim the prize as all members of staff of LEADWAY promotion Company an=
d their relatives are banned from all draws conducted by our company, hence=
I need you to come in as the owner of the email address that I created whi=
ch has won the jackpot so that the prize will be processed in your name and=
paid to you.

If you assure me of your readiness to cooperate with me on this deal, I wil=
l give you the details of the email (EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD) that I cre=
ated and added draws so that you can officially communicate to us through t=
hat particular address for your prize to be processed and paid to you. An o=
fficial prize winning notification has already been sent to the email addre=
ss. As the draws coordinator, I am even the one that will personally handl=
e the processing of your price.

Once the process is completed and the payment made to you, both of us will =
share the money at the rate of 50% for each of us. If you are interested in=
this deal please contact me immediately so that we can start the process w=
ithout any further delay. Let me have your personal phone number. Please fo=
rgive me if this proposal is against your personal ethics, believe and reli=
gion.

Best regards,

Dr. Jimmy Jones.
Email:drjimmyjones@walla.com
Phone:+447031924215





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