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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +447024054511 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nestle Company" <info@estlecompany.com>
Reply-To: fpa-compy@msn.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:21:53 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Nestles Company Offer Mail


Dear Sir/Madam,

The beginnings of NESCAFE can be traced back to 1930, when the Brazilian
government challenged Nestle to create a coffee that could be made simply
by adding water but which retained the coffee's natural flavours. After
seven years of development by coffee guru Max Morgenthaler and his Swiss
research team, NESCAFE was born and the breakthrough was introduced to the
world on April 1st 1938.

During this, it became the staple beverage of the US armed forces and,
from then on, its popularity really took off. By the 1950s, coffee was the
'in' drink for the young rock'n'roll generation who flocked to the new
coffee bars. Therefore in our little way of showing our dear customers
appreciation for their patronages during this period of years, an e-mail
electronic online draw was held by us {Nestle Company} here in London. In
promotion to our products national-wide and your email address emerged as
one of our online winning emails in the 2nd round and therefore won you
the following below:

A cash prize of 1,000,000 GBP {One million pounds}

We therefore congratulate you over your success in the following official
publication results for the 1st quarter of the year promotion. And in
other to facilitate your claiming process you are required to send in the
following personal information for your verification process before claim
by email to {Nestle Company}, which involves the issuing of a prize.

{1} Your Full Names:..............
{2} Contact Address:...............
{3} Telephone Number:..............
{4} Country:.......................
{5} Age/Sex:.......................
{6} Occupation:....................
{7} Choose your preferred mode of collecting your prizes
below:.....................

{A} Bank Wire Transfer
{B} Courier Delivery.


Email:fpa-compy@msn.com

This draw is made in other to promote our ''products'' and on behalf of
Nestle company,

Our other products are: {Nescafe Original,Nescafe Gold Blend, Nescafe
Collection, Nescafe Half Caff, Nescafe Decaff, Nescafe Black Gold, Nescafe
Blend 37,Nescafe Partners' Blend, Nescafe Fine Blend, Nescafe Cafe Menu,
Nescafe Dolce Gusto, Nescafe Cappuccino To Go, Nescafe Parisien, Nestle
Aero Hot Chocolate, Nestle Coffee-mate, Nestle Coffee-mate}

We say congratulations to you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Wood Hooky

For: Nestle Company,
All Saints Building M15 6BH,
London-UK.
Tel: +447024054511

Anti-fraud resources:

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