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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "certified bank draft" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +2348059055679 (Nigeria, 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.
  • davidekene20007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:26:42 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dear_Winner........Lottery_Payment_Restorition?=


Dear Winner,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family? You may not understand
why this mail came to you.

Yahoo Computer Ballot Lottery empower Dr. Babs Coker to contact you concern
your winning notification in Yahoo Ballot Computer Lottery game for 2008
International award Lottery. The Yahoo Computer Ballot Lottery approved
Bounds/Promo sum of ($1.5Million USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS), been the MSN,
YAHOO, AOL AND GMAIL COMPUTER BALLOT LOTTERY GAME PROGRAM.

And Therefore your email id appear to YAHOO draw Computer ballot Lottery,
therefore you are entittle to inherit this winning, whereby your email id draw
to the winning notification. Henceforth, There is no much thing you should do
then to Purchase Yahoo Award Winning Certificate that will enable your real
First And Last Name as account holder of the
E-mail id that own the Lottery, which will lead you to be among of the Lucky
Winner's that will receive their Lottery Bounds this week, which
($1.5Million USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS).

However, you hereby are advice to open Communication with MR. David Ekene, The
Director Yahoo Computer Ballot Lottery to use his good office to help you
facilitate immediate purchase of the Yahoo Award Winning Certificate, which will
authorized the paying bank to Release the ($1.5Million USD UNITED STATES
DOLLARS) to you without delay through Certified Bank Draft or ATM PAYMENT CARD.

For Information, Contact The Director Yahoo Computer Ballot Lottery MR. David
Ekene, to help you Purchase the Yahoo Award Winning Certificate that will Lead
you through to receive this bounds, Remember no time to wait, because Delay is
Dangarious so open communication with him as soon as possible.

CONTACT PERSON: MR. David Ekene Direct Mobile: +234-8059-055-679

The Director, Yahoo Computer Ballot Lottery Dept.
ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC.
Email: (davidekene20007@hotmail.com )
these information's to him so that he will use it
work on the yahoo award winning certificate:

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:______
2. Postal ADDRESS:_______
3. PHONE NUMBER:_________
4. CELL NUMBERS:_______
5. EMAIL ADDRESS: ________
6. SEX:_____
7. AGE:_____
8. OCCUPATION:________
9. NATIONALITY:________

Regards,
Dr. Babs Coker
Secretary General
Email: (davidekene20007@hotmail.com )



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