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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:

• 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.
  • +447045721569 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "dubai lottery" <dubailottery@mail.mn>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:10:07 -0700
Subject: Your Email Has Won You With Lucky Number: GHDJ487304JDGD9W.


UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
ONLINE EMAIL NOTIFICATION.

If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as
the result of the UK lotto online e-mail address draws of 16th June 2008
held this time in Dubai - U.A.E. has just been released and we are glad to
announce to you that your email address won you the sweepstakes in the first
category and you are entitled to claim the sum of US$4.6Million.

Your email address was entered for the online draw on this Ticket Number:
APP236566301307 and won on this Lucky Number: GHDJ487304JDGD9W.

You are to contact Mc. Mole Chapman on the below email address for available
options on how to receive your winnings fund. Note that Mc. Mole Chapman
might fail to recognize you as the true winner and receiver of the
US$4,600,000 if you fail to include the following in your contact mail to
him:

Your country of origin and country of residence/work,complete official
names, address, amount won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date of draw,
contact telephone and mobile numbers. OPTIONAL :- [Sex,age,occupation and
job title].

Please do not reply to the sender,instead send your reply to:
Contact Mc. Mole Chapman
email: mc.molechapman@live.com
Phone:Phone:+44 704 572 1569.

CONGRATULATIONS WINNER.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam