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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031837873 (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.
  • milleniumclearinghouse@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ukyahoodepartment winningnotification" <milleniumlotto@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:44:28 +0530
Subject: YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY PROMOTIONAL!!! YOU ARE A WINNER


*YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY*
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*CONGRATULATIONS!*

*YOU WON GBP 2,000,000.00! *

**
**
*Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is
randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash
prizes from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of
(Two Million) (GBP) (2,000,000.00) for the month of April Lottery win
promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com** every month. *
* *
*YAHOO! collects all the mail id of the people that are online, among the
millions that subscribe to the (WWW) world wide web email we only select
five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System
without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the
people selected.All participant were selected through a computer balloting
system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as
part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.*
*
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more
your details(e-mail address) falls within our UK representative office
in London, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of
2,000,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in
UK,*
*
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for GBP1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
* *These are your identification numbers.......................*
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* Batch number.....................Lwh 09445*
* Lotto number.......................Lwh09446*
* Winning number...................Lwh09447*
**
*To begin your claims, kindly contact the Fudiciary Agent*
*Tel:* +447031837873 CONTACT PERSON:
Mr Clifford Moore
*milleniumclearinghouse@yahoo.co.uk*<http://uk.f250.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=milleniumclearinghouse@yahoo.co.uk>

*FILL* *YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY ELEGIBILITY FORM*

*1.FULL NAME:.........................*
*2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:............*
*3.PRESENT ADDRESS:..............*
*4.SEX:.......................................*
*5.DATE OF BIRTH:.....................*
*6.AGE :.......................................*
*7.OCCUPATION:..........................*
*8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:..............*
*9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY):..............*
*10.MARITAL STATUS:..................*
*11.WINNING NUMBER:..................*
*12 THE MONTH YOU WON............*
*13 AMOUNT WON.........................*
*14 BATCH NUMBER:.....................*
*15 LOTTERY NUMBER:.................*
**
*As soon as you contact your agent, he will advise you on what to do in
order to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!*
**
*For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.*
**
*Yours Sincerely,*
**

*Please you are advice to complete the form and send it immediately to our
Promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your winning*
**
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[image: Animation: Moving $100 bill]

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