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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • ",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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +34665176365 (Spain, 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.
  • fontaneros.consult@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: OSCAR CAMERON <oscarcameron@web.de>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:59:22 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATION **SIR/MADAM


Sir/Madam, We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our comp=
uter Balloting .This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which ema=
il addresses were used.All participants were selected through a computer b=
allot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual ema=
il addresses from all over the world. It is a promotional program aimed at=
encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to
enter for it and your email address drewYou have won the sum of 2,500,000,=
00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros) in cash credited to file with=
REFERENCE NUMBER ESP/1245/114L/LOP WINNING NUMBER : 14-17-24-34-37-45-16 =
BATCH NUMBERS : TRW/1290/556/WE
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent below a=
s soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings with your fu=
ll below details.
1) Your Full Name: =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
2) Your Telephone Number:=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
3) Your Mobile Number:=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F
FONTANEROS.CONSULT SL=20
MR.MARSHALL BRIAN
TEL: +34 665176365
Email:Fontaneros.consult@gmail.com=20
Congratulations once again from all our staff. Oscar CameronSecretary
LA Primitiva


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Exklusiv f=FCr alle WEB.DE Nutzer. *http://www.blockbuster.web.de* [http://w=
ww.blockbuster.web.de]

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam