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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:
  • ",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)
  • "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.
  • deborahcox01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: nokiacordinator@yahoo.com.co
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:42:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ONLINE PRIZE WINNER/MAXIS COMMUNICATIONS!!


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:nokiagames08@yahoo.com.co



- ONLINE PRIZE WINNER/NOKIA MOBILE PROMOTION. Level 43, Tower G PETRONAS Twin TowersKuala Lumpur City Centre 50088 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia MALAYSIA. We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of 21st of November,2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(03)(11)(19)(24)(33)(35) BONUS BALL (09) which won you $2,500,000.00 in the second category of our online lottery promo draw.To cliam your winning funds do Contact the payment Officer below with the following details. 1.Your full names 2.Address/Country: 3.Telephone/fax number 4.Occupation 5.Age: 6.Sex: Contact your payment oficer via this details below only. Contact Person: E-mail:deborahcox01@hotmail.com Phone:+60176852548 Please you are free to call the above number for verification. Regards, Mrs. Deborah Cox Online coordinator

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam