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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.
  • +31659002044 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • remitservsnsbnk1@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Infodesk ." <aswetyh@fastwebmail.it>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:17:19 +0200
Subject: CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:--


CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:--
POSTCODE LOTERIJ-NL
Postbus 3074,2280GB
Rijswijk,The Netherlands
www.postcodeloterij.nl

Dear Winner,

we are pleased to inform you of final result of Euro Online Promotions held
in Rotterdam,The Netherlands on the 27th June,2008.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 500,000
e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies selected by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet.
No tickets were sold.The selected e-mail addresses were attached to tickets
numbers which were spinned by our ballot machine.After this automated
computer ballot,your e-mail address attached to ticket number:37205, emerged
as one of the ten winners in the category "B" with the following winning
informations: REFERENCE N0: KH06/8183JK; BATCH N0: KC/977/9601; PRIZE NO:
PR/A08/5402.

You have been approved for a payment of EURO 1,000,000.00(one million
EURO)Be advised to keep your winning information confidential,so as to avoid
double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program. Your prize has also
been insured with your winning e-mail address.Confirm this by:

CONTACTING BELOW MENTIONED OFFICE ON E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR CLAIMS,WITH YOUR
NAME,TELEPHONE/FAX AND YOUR WINNING NUMBERS TO:
.......................

Contact Tel: +31-659-002-044
Contact Person: Dr.David Matoya
Contact Email: remitservsnsbnk1@aim.com
........................

Yours faithfully,
Alexander Maestri
Loterij Coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam