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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:
  • "million dollars" (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 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.
  • drfrau.schubert@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3adrfrau.schubert@googlemail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "United States Lottery" <yahookx@student.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:29:13 -0700
Subject: GLUCKWUNSCHE [ IHRE E-mail HAT GEWONNEN {R EF NR.:364758679 } ] !!!


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INC.. LOTTO.
ADDRESS: OSTWESTLANDSTRASSE 1325
CITY: SILBERNER SPRING
STATE / PROVINCE: MARYLAND
POSTAL CODE: 20010
COUNTRY: United States
INC.
************************************************** ******
REF NO.: 364758679
STAPEL NO.: 6485769789/646
************************************************** ******
LOTTO WINNER
BETR.: ENDGULTIGE NOTIFICATION
GLUCKWUNSCHE!
United states Lottery Inc hereby notify you of the results from e-mail
ballot lottery international program mit.Die final trains were presented at
the 28th Saturday: 06:2008 gehalten.Ihr e-mail account is a winner for the
cash prize of $ 450000.00 (Four hundred and fifty one thousand United States
dollars) grant? elected.

This Ergebnisist now to you today on Sunday 29th: 06: 2008 released and your
e-mail address, in the One category is attached, has $ 450000.00 (Four
hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars) won.
All e-mail addresses were determined automatically by a
Computerstimmzettelsystemausgew? Elected in your e-mail address as one of
the Three lucky winners ausgew? Elected.

All e-mail addresses by the European inhabitants and Internet users Data
banks from the whole of Europe ausgew? Hlt.Ihre lucky number is: -2476654.
And bonus ball number .8 They are advised to your winning information
confidential) (VERY SECRET to keep up your claims and Your money has been
processed, you will be transferred.
This is part of unseremSicherheitsprotokoll to Doppelbeanspruchen and
unwarranted abuse of this program to vermeiden.Sie dizziness, your profit is
not sp? Ter than at the 16th wednesday: 07: 2008 beanspruchtwerden. After
that date, all unbeanspruchten fund unseremZentralebüro (as claimed not) be
returned. Please remember to unn? Term Versp? Zuvermeiden events and
complications, remember you are always on your REF NO.: 364758679 inallen of
your correspondence with us to zitieren.Wirdr? nts Therefore, the Federal
Republic of Germany Bezahlungszentrumzu contact:
====================================
UNITED STATES LOTTERY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ZAHLUNGSZENTRUM
ANSPRECHSPERSON: WOMEN DR MICHAELA SCHUBERT
PINKERTWEG 7,
D-22113, HAMBURG.
GERMANY
E-mail:drfrau.schubert@googlemail.com<E-mail%3Adrfrau.schubert@googlemail.com>
====================================
For the processing and best? Paid to your profit, Siesofort fill the form
below and send it to your Anspruchagentin, both Federal Republic of Germany
payment center by e-mail:
============================================
(UNITED STATES LOTTO WINNERS REGISTRATION FOR PAYMENT).
************************************************** *
FIRST NAME ...............
LAST ...............
DATE OF BIRTH .............
NATIONALITAET .............
SEX ................
ADDRESS ..............
TELEPHONE ............
FAX .....................
AMOUNT WON ...............
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REF NR, 364758679
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STAPEL NO 6485769789/646
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APPROVED FOR PAYMENT
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Congratulations from the staff of the united states lottery program, w while
we hope that part of your profit will use the end of year anunserem united
states mega lottery to participate, where you have a chance, $ 50000000.00
() Fifty million dollars to win. For united states lottery program,
PROFESSOR DR SARAH McCULLOUGH, CHEFIN, AUSLANDANGELEGENHEIT DEPARTMENT.
N.B. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, BUT THEY APPLY TO FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY ANDER ZAHLUNGSZENTRUM BY E-MAIL
WITH IHRENDATEN!
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NOTE
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Registration:
Amtsgericht Hamburg BDW 9283
Chairman of the Supervisory Board:
Dr. Ing-Ing. E.h.
Sven IngelmannVorstand:
Thomas Wilde
(Chairman)
Jochen Budde
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