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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447024099625 (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.
  • frank_solicitors@yahoo.co.uk
  • frank.moorechambers@yahoo.co.uk
  • frankmoore.chambers@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL" <internationalyahoolottery@klikni.cz>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 16:45:36 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS...YOUR EMAIL HAS WON.


[image: Yahoo! UK & Ireland]






**
* Yahoo lottery*
* Incoperation *
* Baley House, Har Road*
* Sutton, Greater London*
* SM1 4te*
* United Kingdom


*
**
**
*This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS (500,000 POUNDS) for the 2008 Lottery promotion which is
organized by YAHOO LOTTORY INC & WINDOWS LIVE.*
*
YAHOO, collects all the email addresses of the people that are online
on yahoo emaill addresses among the millions that subscribe to Yahoo and
other email addresses of individuals around the world.we only selects five
people every year; as our winners through electronic balloting System
without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for being one of the
people selected.


* * PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM

*
*These are your identification numbers:
*
*Batch number.....................YM 09102XN
Reff number.......................YM35447XN
Winning number...................YM09788
*
* *
* These numbers fall within the London Fiducial Claims Agent's
Location file. You are therefore requested to contact him and send your
winning identification numbers to him and your personal datas. Frank F.
Moore esq. at his email,:

* <http://us.f635.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=frank_solicitors@yahoo.co.uk>
**
*Email:
<http://us.f593.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=frank.moorechambers@yahoo.co.uk>
frankmoore.esq@live.com or *
*frankmoore.chambers@hotmail.com.
Phone no: +44-7024-099625
*
**
*You are therefore advise to contact your fiducial claim agent immediately,
to facilitate the process of the prize claims.*
**
*Full Name(Surname First)_____
Country/Home Address________
Phone Number_______________
City__________________________
Nationality___________________
Fax__________________________
Sex_________________________
Age ________________________
Marital Status________________
Email Address_______________
Date of Birth________________
Job Type *



NOTE: 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.

*Congratulations!! once again.
Yours in service,*
* *
*
<http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:ol%28%27http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/__javascript:olhttp://www.freelotto.com/offer.asp?offer%253d43761%2526amp;FID%253dfa7d27913658;%27%29;>
MRS. JOHNSON.*
*REGIONAL AGENT.*
**
*[image: Yahoo! UK & Ireland]*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam