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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "dear beneficiary," (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 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.
  • vodafone.office@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "VODAFONE Telecommunication Network" <info@vodafone.gr>
Reply-To: vodafone.office@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:03:30 +0800
Subject: Contact Our Office In Greece

VODAFONE Telecommunication Network.
(Everywhere you go)
AMOUNT WON: £á500.000.00
Ticket No:VDF/V/Card/698/1876
Notification Date:11/07/2009
Winning No:M/V/card/181/2009

Dear Beneficiary,

Congratulations The VODAFONE Mobile Telecommunication Network service has
choosen you by the board of Executive Directors as one of the final
recipients of a Cash Grant/Donation.The online cyber draws was conducted
from an exclusive list of 100,000 email addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer selection
from the web.This promotion is to Promote Our Product.
We are giving out a Monthly Donation of (£á500.000.00) EUR to 10
lucky recipients for the month of July as a way of showing our appreciation,
to Promote Our Product and to help improve the standard of Citizens around
the Globe.

Contact Our Office In Greece,
Tzavella Street 152 31,Halandri, Greece.
Telephone: +306957063318
Email:vodafone.office@yahoo.com.hk

Fill this information for Verification.

1.Full Name:.......
2.Residential Address:....
3.Country:......
4.Occupation:......
5.Telephone:....
6.Sex:....
7.Age:....
8.Next of Kin:.....
9.Nationality:....
10.Winning No:.....

Secretary
Mr Yander Shaw
Telephone:+306957063318
Vodafone® Award Promotion
© 2009 Online Award Promotion Edition.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam