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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "arena complex km 18 route de rufisque"
  • "route de rufisque"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447024028128 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704796623 (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.
  • wesley_scholes@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT WINDOWS LIVE" <windowslive.microsoft@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:34:02 +0100
Subject: MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION


*[image: One of the logos of Microsoft Windows, the Company's best-known
product.]*
**
*FROM: MR.HERLEY PETERSON*
*E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
580 N. Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 85914
Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake Lottery
an Affiliate of Foundmoney International
Arena Complex Km 18 Route de Rufisque
I.P.P Award Dept.
Amsterdam Netherland.*
**
*MICROSOFT WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 9Th of August 2006 in LONDON
ENGLAND.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: EAASL-130876 which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds
sterling) *
**
*This is from a total cash prize of £8,000,000 ,shared amongst the first
ten(16) lucky winners in
this category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our europe booklet representative in LONDON ENGLAND as indicated in your
play
coupon. *
**
*In view of this, your £500.000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand pounds
sterling) cheque would be released to you by our fudiciary agent in
LONDON
ENGLAND.Our Fudiciary
agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your check as soon as you contact him.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites and
guestbooks through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
individuals and companies.
This promotion takes place annually and it is sponsored by Sultan of Brunei,
Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use
of internet and computers world wide. *
**
*For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations
confidential till your claims is processed and your cheque delivered to
your nominated address through an approved delivering officer appointed
specially for this program.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned *

*Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in London. In view of this, your £500.000.00
(Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by our
affiliate bank in Europe. Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with
him.
* * To begin your claim please contact our licensed and accredited agent
assigned to you*
**
*Mr.WESLEY.SCHOLES
EURO AFRO-ASIAN LOTTERY
Information and Payment Bureau:
1290 LONDON ENGLAND Representative Office.
Phone:*
*+44-702-402-8128*
*+44-702-402-8243 *
*Fax:+44-870-479-6623*
*E-mail:wesley_scholes@yahoo.co.uk*<http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/?????>

*To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr WESLEY
SCHOLESwith the followings details below:
*

*VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM *
*1.FULL NAMES: *
*2.ADDRESS: *
*3.SEX: *
*4.AGE: *
*5.MARITAL STATUS: *
*6.OCCUPATION: *
*7COMPANY NAME*
*8.E-MAIL ADDRESS: *
*9.TELEPHONE NUMBER: *
*10.STATE:
**11.COUNTRY: *
*12 Next of kin:*
*13How do u feel as a winner:*
*14AMOUNT WON:
*
*2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our
designated
agent.Winners under 18 years of age will be authomatically disqualified.
Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thankyou for being part of this promotional lottery program.
Our special thanks
and gratitude to Sultan of Brunei**, Bill Gates of microsoft
and all his associates.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of
*
*confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end
**of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be
further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems associated with fraudulent
claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Any lottery double claim dedected by our
monitoring committee will lead to the Euro - Afro Asian Sweepstake
lottery cacelling the winnings. making a loss for
both the real winner, and the fake (intended)
claimer.*
**
*DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL, CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT DIRECTLY .
*
*Sincerely,
FROM: MR.HERLEY PETERSON *
*EURO AFRO-ASIAN ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR *

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam