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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "toyota car promotions" (no such lottery exists)
  • "uk-9000 aalborg" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447887704602
• 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.
  • mrsmith_101@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "officemail officemail" <officemail@pop.co.th>
Reply-To: mrsmith_101@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:05:49 +0000
Subject: Toyota Car Promotions!!!


The Lottery Department
Toyota Car Promotions
Haandvaerkervej 8,1 UK-9000 Aalborg
CVR-nr. 25554493.


This is to inform you that you have been selected for a Cash prize
of(£1.5MILLION Great British Pounds)in our International program which
washeldin June, 2008 in London UK.

The selection process was carried out through a random selection in our
computerized E-mail Selection System (ESS) from a database of over 500,000
email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Toyota Car Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators(IAGR).
This promotional car lottery is the tenth of its kind and we
intend to sensitize the public.Contact your Claims Officer through our
accredited Prize Transfer

Agents as stated below:
Mr. Smith Edwards
25 Atlantic Avenue, London,NW4
United Kingdom Email: mrsmith_101@hotmail.com
Phone Number:+ 447887704602

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret Pin Code
TY7448500 and your Reference Number 799BV90. You are also advised to provide
him with the under-listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:
1. Full Name: 2. Address: 3. Nationality: 4. Age: 5. Sex: 6.
Occupation: 7. Phone/Fax: 8. Present Country:

Regards
Mr.JEFF WINTER.
Lottery Manager

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