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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • morton_lowe@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Edison Graham <unitedkingdom_fund_loan_committe@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 18:20:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Congratulations



Approved From The Desk of Mr.Edison Graham.

RE REF: ES/DZYIL30/LU06.

OUR REF:05/AMST005164/SK

BATCH NUMBER:SNL41484/06

Attn: Lucky Winner

NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the United Kingdom

Union lottery programs held on MAY 1 ,2006 your e-mail address

were attached to one of the ten winning ticket numbers 85210

with game Number 8286529.You have therefore been approved for a

lump sum pay out of 100,000.00(One Hundred thousand Euros) CONGRATULATIONS!!

All participants were selected through a computer

ballot system from our sponsors databases, including

over 50,000 companies and 150,000 individual

E-mail addresses and names submitted by our agents drawn from

Asia, Africa, Europe, North And South America, Oceania and

around the world.

To file for your urgent claim, please contact our approved agent

for your region.

Mr. Morton Lowel

United Kingdom Union Agent

E-mail: morton_lowe@yahoo.co.uk

It is part of our security protocol to avoid double

claiming and to minimize identification difficulties

to advise you to keep this information confidential until

your claim is processed successfully and to avoid unwarrante

abuse of this program by some participants,

please note that you will be required to pay for the issuance

of your winning certificate and all winnings must be claimed

not later than MAY 20,2006.after this date all unclaimed

winnings will be null and void.

In Order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications

remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers

in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform

our agents as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being

part of our promotional program. note: Anybody under the age of

18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully

Mr. Edison Graham.

00-447723627097

00-447783558842


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