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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +2348067870269 (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.
  • andrian_mond@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:11:40 -0700
Subject: YAHOO LOTTERY INC PAYMENT FORM


[image: My Yahoo!] <http://my.yahoo.com/>

* Yahoo Lottery Inc Payment Form** *
*
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* The below payment form must be returned back to this Email
andrian_mond@sify.com<http://us.mc335.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=andrian_mond@sify.com>
*
* *
* PERSONAL INFORMATION*
**
*FULL NAME................................................
AGE............................................................
SEX...........................................................*
*CONTACT ADDRESS....................................*
*MARITAL STATUS......................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL..................................................
ALTERNATE **EMAIL...................................

*
** * PAYMENT INFORMATION * * * *WE CAN ONLY PAY YOU BY
ONLY THREE METHODS,DIPLOMATIC MEANS,CHEQUE DELIVERY TO YOUR ADDRESS,AND BANK
TRANSFER.WRITE YES IN THE SPACE IF YOU CHOOSE DIPLOMATIC MEANS,CHEQUE
DELIVERY TO YOUR ADDRESS, OR BANK TRANSFER.*
** **
** *IMPORTANT ADVICE: MAKE SURE YOU FILL THIS PAYMENT FORM CORRECTLY AND IF
YOU CHOOSE BANK TRANSFER MEDIUM,YOU MUST PROVIDE US WITH YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
NUMBER , BANK ADDRESS AND BANK NAME FOR EASY TRANSFER.

NOTE:YOU ARE REQUIRED TO KEEP YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL
YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR WINNING FUNDS($500,000.00)TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM OR
CLAIMS PROBLEM WHICH CAN RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
*
** **
** *CHEQUE DELIVERY TO YOUR ADDRESS............................*
** *DIPLOMATIC MEANS.............................*
** *BANK TRANSFER..................................*
** *BANK ACCOUNT NO......................................
BANK ADDRESS/INFORMATION.......................................
WINNER NUMBER.............................................
AMOUNT WON...........................................*
** *REFERENCE NUMBER..........................................
BATCH NUMBER..............................................*
** **
** *Regards,*
** *Mr Andrian Raymond*
** *Telephone: +2348067870269*
*
*
[image: My Yahoo!] <http://my.yahoo.com/>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam