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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:
  • ",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)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "come down to united kingdom" (these scammers pretend to be based in the UK, but they are really in Africa)
  • "cheque " (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.
  • +447045756005 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • hewlettpackard75@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Hewlett=20packard?= <hewlettpackard75@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: hplwp@live.com
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:33:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Hewlett Packard Company Official mail


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : hewlettpackard75@yahoo.fr



- Hewlett Packard Company, Customer Service Department, 26 Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9DJ United Kingdom, Reference No: HPC/L/W-1221908. Batch No: HPC/L-653-2008 Winning No: HPC/L/W- 1221908/07 Good day Sir/Madam, Lottery notification This is to inform you that you are winner from the just concluded Hawlett Packard (HP) Company lottery in way of saying thank you for your patronage and in promotion of our hardware and software product. Kindly note that this lottery is approved by the British Lottery Board BLDA, any mail without this approval code (BLDP) Meaning British lottery board approved. No ticket were sold but it was done my a randomly selected email database from all email service providers and with the help of Microsoft incorporated, to this you have been declared a winner of 1,000,000,00 Great British Pounds sterling and One HP Pavilion laptop from the just announce result with Reference No: HPC/L/W-1221908.and Batch No: HPC/L-653-2008. You are to fill the verification form below and forward to your claim processor for proper entirely into the British lottery book of the year and for accurate delivery of prize to you. you can call him if need be. On behalf of the entire staff of HP company we say congratulations. VERIFICATION FORM {1} Your Full Names:............... {2} Contact Address:................ {3} Telephone Number:........................... {4} Fax numbers(optional):............... (5} Nationality/Country:............... {6} Date of Birth:......................................... {7} Age/Sex:............................ {8} Occupation:............................................................ {9} Scan a copy of your international passport and your personal photograph. How would you want to get your prize? ................ {A} Come down to United Kingdom to pick up your Cheque & 1 hp Pavilion laptops. {B} Courier delivery of your winning cheque and 1 hp Pavilion laptops to your doorsteps. **************************************************************** CONTACT: Hewlett Packard Promotion Processing Department, Mr. Rick Bowen Tel : +447045756005 Phone: +447045743006 Email: hplwp@live.com ******************************************************************* Note that your reference number and batch no and all other details concerning this lottery should not be disclosed until prize is delivered, this is to avoid double claim and delivery of prize to the wrong person. Once a again I say congratulation, Yours truly, Mr. Philip Omar Public relations officer. Hawlett Packard computer company....................Hewlett Packard company. The information contained in this communication may be confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient email above or if improperly named, the intended recipient, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You

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