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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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 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.
  • revfrchrisnelson@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: revfrchrisnelson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:19:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER OF $1 MILLION


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:chris.nelson80@yahoo.com.co

Dear Winner,

- Ref: 435062725 Winning no: GB8101/LPRC Batch: 7050470902/189 Dear Winner, We are delighted to inform you of your prize which was released today being 23th October 2008, from the UNITED KINGDOM,LONDON International Lottery program, which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail address from some sites. Your email address was attached to ticket number; 4700172507056490102 and serial number 7741134002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 and bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of USD$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) In cash credit File P/HW47509/09 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania as part of our international promotion 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 an operational base. Furthermore, your details (e-mail address) fall within our European representative office in Amsterdam,Holland as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of USD$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional office in UNITED KINGDOM.LONDON. We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.5 Billion international draw. To file for your claim, please contact our director of finance. Name: Rev.Fr CHRIS NELSON Email: revfrchrisnelson@gmail.com Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily. 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 program by non-participants or unofficial personnel. Note: all winnings MUST be claimed before the OCTOBER 2008; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organizations. Yours Faithfully, Mrs. Rosemary Quiles. Coordinator, LONDON Lottery Inc. NOTE: Do not reply to me, rather you are to contact,REV FR CHRIS NELSON> revfrchrisnelson@gmail.com

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