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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • +447040101161 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Olivas, Ray" <ray.olivas@ttu.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 21:43:46 -0500
Subject: MASTER CARD INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT

MASTER CARD INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT
BARCLAYS BANK PLATINUM VISA CARD
BARCLAYS PREMIERSHIP
DIRECTOR; MR. ASHLEY STEVE.JR
PHONE: +44 704 010 1161

Master card No: 5148 6547 8940 6543
Reg. No. Master/Visa: 5148/4178
Ballot winning No: 6782

MASTER CARD INTERNATIONAL MEGA JACKPOT UK. TABLE OF REWARD.


Your company or your personal e-mail address, attached to the Master card No:5148 6547 8940 6543, won in the sixth (6) PROMO categories 008, Your email address has brought you an unexpected luck, please read through this message.See names of winners below, you are at the sixth position of ten, you are so lucky to be one.You are therefore been approved of a lump sums pay out of £6,000,600.00, SIX MILLION, SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS. Equivalent to,($11,064,000 USD), Eleven Million, sixty four thousand US Dollars. In cash Credited to Master card No. 5148 6547 8940 6543, and With Reg. No. MCIM.


5148/4178, you are the sixth lucky winner of the total winners of 10. You all ($11,064,000 USD), Eleven Million, sixty four thousand US Dollars. In cash Credited to Master card No. 5148 6547 8940 6543, and With Reg. No. MCIMJ:won £6.6, million Pounds each. Be informed that your winning prize (Master card No: 5148 6547 8940 6543) has been insured and ready for disbursement by the well known "BARCLAYS BANK UK". There is nothing more to do all you will have to do is contact your claims administrator for further information?s first by email, to claim your prize. See contacts below. Make sure you send an email to the email address below for file keeping.


Claims Administrator
Name: Mr.Carl Johnson
E-mail:carl.johnson02@live.co.uk



All the 10 participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot the email address below for file keeping.system (MCBS) drawn from each continent, as part of our International "E-MAIL"Promotions Program, to promote the use of Master cards all over the World, and to promote the use of online payments, for the settlement of debts (taxes) and payment of bills. Your funds £6.6, million pounds, has been lodge in this master card (5148 6547 8940 6543), insured and ready for payment by the Barclays Bank. Be advised to keep your personal information to your self. For example; Credit cards, security numbers (code) etc. Please, for security reasons you are advised to keep this whole PROMO to yourself, keep out of the reach of friends and from the entire public. All you have to do is provide the necessary information to process your newly won master card (Prize).


Do email the above Claims Administrator, at once with all the claims requirements below. To avoid unnecessary delay.

Claims Requirements:

1. Full Name:.............................................
2. Address:................................................
3. Nationality:............................................
4. Age:.......... Date of Birth:....................
5. Occupation:..........................................
6. Phone:................Fax:............................
7. State of Origin:...........Country:...........

The above requirements are much more needed to proceed. Be free and fast tosend the above details to your claims Administrator.
WINNERS:

Secretary
Mr. Edwin Fong @
Mastercard/Microsoft mega jackpot

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