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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.
• 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 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.
  • gallaghwayg.stategov@yahoo.com
  • usdcloffice.stategov@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "U.S Department of State" <statesdirector@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:19:28 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: AMERICAN DV2008 VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM WINNER:CASE NUMBER 2008AES 00023472




Case Number :2008AES00023472 Date:March 31, 2008
PA Name: DV2008 Winner
Preference Category: DIVERSITY VISA
Foreign State Chargeability:DV ELIGIBLE


AMERICAN DV2008 VISA LOTTERY PROGRAM WINNER:CASE NUMBER 2008AES 00023472

Dear Winner,
Congratulations! You are among those randomly selected and registered for further consideration in the DV-2008 diversity immigrant program for fiscal year 2008.

This success notification letter on your success in DV2008 as you applied has been sent to you via e-mail owing to failed attempts at getting your response after the normal letter by post was sent.We are assuming that the letter has been lost en transit hence this as the last resort.

Indicate your interest or otherwise to this notification by getting in touch with your Processing Correspondent Mr. George Gallaghway through his e-mail gallaghwayg.stategov@yahoo.com, with the following:

1. Your CURRENT contact address (Re-confirm for record purposes),
2. SCANNED copies of your RECENT passport photograph ,
3.Telephone number,
4. Marital status.

Note that the passport photograph must be taken within the last six months,and must be 35mmsq or 2 inches by 2 inches.You can also provide the passport photographs of your spouse and other dependents.Your case number is 2008AES00023472.

Further get in touch with the Clearance Officer Mr. Hutton Clements through his e-mail usdcloffice.stategov@yahoo.com, for instructions on how to pay the $1,189.67clearance/acceptance fees.(Payment is made strictly through Money gram).The payment of the fees ensures that your file is cleared for processing.

At the completion of the processing of your file(which shall be after the above requirements have been provided),you shall be provided with your Visa Lottery Acknowledgment Card with which you may then contact our Embassy for the issuance of your Green Card proper.

Note that this country's Code of Conduct and Constitution Vol.176/866:Act 690SN guiding all immigration,and Green Card permit Agencies, dictates that 10 days after the dispatch of ths e-mail,that all such notified winners who fail to comply to the provisions herein contained,shall lose the opportunity.

Thank you.

Reginald Calwell,
Diversity Visa Lottery Coordinator,
Bureau of Consular Affairs,
U.S Department of State.





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