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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
  • ",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.
  • +447045721584 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • agentpualharry@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: nokia.31@comcast.net (NOKIA LOTTERY INT)
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:49:57 +0000
Subject: Your email address Have Won a lottery(Contact Us Immediately For Claims

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGER
NOKIA N'SERIES PROMOTION
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 23rd
JULY,2008 from the UK NOKIA'N'SERIES ONLINE PROMO JULY 2008 draw.
Your e-mail was attached to ticket number 1110008342, serial number
6028808. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-7-37-1
bonus number 20, which consequently won the lottery in the First
category.You hereby have been approved of (NOKIA'N72 PHONE) and a
lump sum of GBP £500,000.(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS)
in cash credit file ref NKN/UK 110241/01 from the total cash prize
of GBP £5,000,000.00(FIVE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) shared
amongst 10(TEN) lucky winners in this category.NOKIA collects
all the E- MAIL ADDRESS of the people that are active online, among the billions that
subscribe to internet.Ten people was selected as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying.
TO FILE YOUR CLAIMS YOU ARE TO CONTACT:
Mr pual harry.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email:agentpualharry@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447045721584

With the following information;

FULL NAME:-----------------------------------
Address:-------------------------------------
Date Of Birth:--------------------------------
Occupation:-----------------------------------
Nationality:------------------ ----------------

Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.

Regards,
Dr Mrs. Darryn Clarke
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