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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024051994 (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.
  • barrister_moro_williams@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EUROPRIDE UK HEADQUARTERS <europride@ukheadquarters.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:45:42 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONRATULATIONS(YOU ARE A WINNER)





From the office of the Adminstrator General,
Europride Email Lottery, England.
Roger Needham Building
7 JJ Thomson Ave
Cambridge CB3 0FB
UNITED KINGDOM.
REF. NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER: 065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER: 023-1111-790-458


Attention,
We are happy to announce to you that you are one of the winners in the Europride Email Lottery draw of the Lottery International Programs held in UK on Monday 14th Aughust, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to the lucky winning numbers: 19 < /FONT>, 25, 28, 39, 41, 44, which subsequently won you the jackpot for this draw was selected through our computerised email selection system. You have therefore won yourself a total sum of $2,500,000USD (Two million and five hundred thousand dollar) and this sum has been officially approved for your claim.
To file your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent Barr. Morro Williams of the legal department.

BARR. MORRO WILLIAMS.
Email:
barrister_moro_williams@yahoo.com
Phone: ++44 71112 0868, +447024051994 (work hours 9am _5pm london time)
While contacting Barr. Moro Wi lliams, please provide the following information, your name (first, middle and surname respectively), Sex, Age, Occupation, Nationality, and Phone number.
< DIV>A big congratulations to you once more.

Signed, sealed, and approved by:

Mr. Richard K. Lloyd.
Online Co-ordinator,
EUROPRIDE EMAIL LOTTERY 2006.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam