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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • colemandrdavid45@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr david Coleman <colemandrdavid45@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:35:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE WON X1,200,000.00 POUNDS


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: colemandrdavid45@yahoo.com



- Divison of Yahoo Internet Lottery xe.com Payment No. AK07545 Yahoo! News DatE SETPTEMER 2008. Yahoo! Mail Lottery PAY THE AMOUNT OF: ONE MILLION,TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS * £1,200,000.00* AUTHORIZED BY: YAHOO MAIL INC. arabtrans@arabtrans.com CONGRATULATIONS !!!! YOU HAVE WON £1,200,000.00 POUNDS! YOU HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE 12 TOP LUCKY WINNERS !!! Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes ever month. Today, your account is randomly selected as one of the 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (One Million, Two Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds ( £1,200,000.00 GBP) for the month of SETPTEMER 2008 lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo messenger .com every month. YAHOO, collects all the mail addresses of the people that are online and offline on yahoo messenger, among the millions that subscribe to yahoo messenger we only select five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for been one of the people selected to receive top cash prize for this month. All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your winning details(e-mail address) falls within our African Representative Office in Accra, Ghana, as indicated in your play coupon and your cash prize of £1,200,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in Ghana . We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £37 Million GBP international draw. HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE These are your Winning Information and Identification Numbers: Batch Number........................ .........123/08/09474 Winning Numbers....................... ....02,07,19,24,35 Reference Number.........................YLINC /09697809 To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo (Overseas) Payment Officer, Dr. David Coleman at this email address below. ****************************** ****************************** *********** Dr. David Coleman (Overseas Payment Officer) EMAIL:drdavidc@ymail.com PHONE: Tel : +233-248 687 023 ************************************************************************************** You are required to forward your winning details via the above e-mail addresses.And note that you must send your information to the above offices for verification purposes. 1. FULL NAME.......................... .................... 2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN........................ ...... 3. PRESENT ADRESS........................ .......... 4. AGE........................... .............................. ...... 5. OCCUPATION.................... .......................... 6. SEX........................... .............................. ........ 7. TELEPHONE NUMBER........................ ..... 8. MARITAL STATUS........................ ............... 9. BATCH NUMBER........................ ................. 10. WINNING NUMBER........................ ............ 11. REFERENCE NUMBER.............. .............. As soon as you contact the Financial Controller, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Congratulations once again from me and all members and Staff of Yahoo Lottery INC!! Yours Sincerely, APPROVED MADAM ROSELYN JONES (PHD) PROGRAMES CO-ORDINATOR. xe.com Winners Featured Winner Sarah Cockings Loveth, Teresa and Ann were among three winners to share the Lotto Rollover Jackpot , each scooping a massive £3,000,000 Pounds. NB: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS NOTIFICATION MAIL BOX. MAILS SENT TO THIS MAIL BOX ARE NOT MONITORED AND CANNOT BE REPLIED. PLEASE REPLY ONLY TO YOUR AGENT AS INSTRUCTED ABOVE. Congratulations from me and members and staff of The YAHOO LOTTERY INC.

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