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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand great british 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)
  • "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.
  • +447035945150 (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.
  • claimsdepart2009@engineer.com

Fraud email example:

From: ifes <ifes@neunet.com.ar>
Reply-To: bmwegamepromo@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:09:21 +0200
Subject: DEAR WENNER!!!


THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT BMW
Automobiles 22 Garden Close,
Stamford,Lincs, PE9 2YP,
London United Kingdom

Dear Selected winner,We are very much aware of scams going on all over the Internet and as such we are assuring you of security measures,THE BMW LOTTERY is legitimate.This email is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Prize of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds only) from the International programs held on 11th of March 2009, in our London office. Amount :::::::::::::::::::::: £500,000.00 Payable::::::::::::::::::::::: by Cheque/Bank transfer. Secret Pin code::::::: X7PWWX-2009 Pay out Numbers:::: 7732863- BMW The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 284,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which your email was among the {11} winners of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred
Thousand Great British Pounds only.)The BMW Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional lottery is the 1st of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public at large.To begin the processing of your Price you are to contact our claims department for more information as regards procedures to claim your Price.=======Contact Person: Eng: Harrison Williams Tel:+447035945150 Contact the claims Department Via email :claimsdepart2009@engineer.com

Once Again Congratulations

Mrs Claire West wood.
On-line Coordinator.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam