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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:
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: <kumar_p@hathway.com>
Reply-To: mrs_alfonsoordonez@hotmail.it
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:04:51 +0200
Subject: CHIESA CATTOLIC DI ITALIANA DONATION 2008




Chiesa Cattolica Di Italiana (Perugia Branch)
http://www.chiesacattolica.it
We the entire members of Chiesa Cattolica Italiana (Perugia
Branch)
hereby
notify you as the winner of 3,000.000.00 (Three Million Euros
sterly).On the 23rd of Junly 2008
You are advice to contact immediately
you received this mail for Further instruction on how you are to
claim
your donation prize. Please quote your qualification numbers to our
secretary for security Reasons. Qualification numbers N-222-6647,
E-910-56
quote in all Discussions.
Contact information below:
================================
Exec Sec.Mrs. Wama Calito.
Email: fgsr_grant@hotmail.it
Tele : +393406477798
================================
Endavour to contact us with your Bio-datas.
Full Names..........
Address...........
Country..........
Age..........
Sex............
Date Of Birth................
Marital Status.................
Occupation................
Telephone Number..............
Fax...........
Visit our site for more information:
http://www.chiesacattolica.it

WARMEST REGARDS
Mrs. Alfonso Ordonez,
Email: mrs_alfonsoordonez@hotmail.it

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam