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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:
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +2347034276776
• 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.
  • agentabubaka14@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Espanol" <lotepsa8@mail.mn>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:36:37 +0100
Subject: You have won MONEY contact our agent


Computer Ballot Sweeptakes Email Award 2008.
(INTER LOTTERY ESPANOL AWARD 2008).
Date: 17/06/2007
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS
Dear Lucky Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 11th,June,2008
from the INTER LOTTERY ESPANOL AWARD programme 2008.Which is fully based on
an Electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.This is a
Millennium Scientifi Computer Game in which email addresses were used. It is
a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users;it is sponsored by
the MICROSOFT COMPANY AND THE BMW MOTTO COMPANY as their end of the year
promotion and also their social welfare to the masses.
Your email address was attached to ticket number;7741137002, This batch
draws the lucky numbers as follows 6-25-30-45-50-5-7 bonus number 17,which
consequently won the US$500,000.00 lottery in the second category.Further
more your details (e-mail address) fall within our African representative
office in Nigeria,West Africa, as indicated in your play coupon and your
prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to you from our regional branch
office in Nigeria. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in
our new year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form 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.
You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVE
HUNDERED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from
the total cash prize of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky
winners in this category.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
Simply contact our fiducial agent In Nigeria, MOHD ABUBAKA at
( agentabubaka14@yahoo.com )
TELE, +234 703 427 6776
To file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winning
number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as
well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your
file easily. 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.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of June,2008 otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
on behalf of the management of this lottery
organization
Best Regards
Carol Smith
(co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam