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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447024081960 (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.
  • roselynjones09@yahoo.com
  • agentdrsmith_brain47@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Roselyn Jones <roselynjones09@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: agentdrsmith_brain47@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 23:49:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON: Tel:+447024081960


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: roselynjones09@yahoo.com

CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON: Tel:+447024081960

- YAHOO/HOTMAIL United- Kingdom https://www.lotojuegos.com Ref No: YLINC /768650/82. Batch No: 276/07/3647821.!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Promotion Department of the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International program, wishes to congratulate you on your success as WINNER in this New Year UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Promotion (UKOSIP) .The late notice was due to mix up email addresses, no tickets were sold, and you were randomly selected as a winner.This comes with a prize of One Million Pounds (1,000,000,00) Pounds in the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International program Software email lottery in which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by Software powered by the Internet through the worldwide website. Your email address was amongst those chosen this year for the UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International program Satellite lottery. And this Program is proudly sponsored by the POUNDS MILLONES LOTTO LONDON organization. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the World Wide Web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: KY/098/HG/7BN was randomly selected as the , Online Sweepstakes International program winner amongst other consolation prize winners.Your email address, attached to Ref number: YLINC /768650/82 with Serial number: 009/12345SP drew the lucky Numbers 25, and consequently won the lottery in the "A" Category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000,00 Pounds. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our United Kingdom Booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon. In View of this, your 1,000,000,00 Pounds will be released to you by our accredited remittance bank located in London. To file for your claim, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Dr. Smith Brain of the claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.Claims Manager, Dr. Smith Brain Email: agentdrsmith_brain47@yahoo.com VERIFICATION FORM:1.) FULL NAME: .......2.) AGE: ........3.) SEX: ......4.) ADDRESS: ....5.) OCCUPATION:..... 6.) Ref Number:.....7.) COUNTRY: .....8.) PHONE:.....9.) FAX NUMBER:......Thanks for been part of this promotional award programme.We wish you the best of lucky as you spend your good fortune.Yours sincerely,Mrs. Roselyn Jones Programm Manager Tel: :+447024081960 Email: agentdrsmith_brain47@yahoo.com https://www.lotojuegos.com N.B: Keep all lotto information from public to avoid double claims, as any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON: Tel:+447024081960

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