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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447011128008 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: NL ONLINE PROMO <support@supreme.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:41:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONFIRMATION OF RESULTS FOR EMAIL WINNERS





LOTTO NL. INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
AWARD DEPARTMENT
Koningen Julianaplein 21, 2391 BD
Denhaag.


CONFIRMATION OF RESULTS FOR EMAIL WINNERS


Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the
electronic email users,selected in the lotto NL international lottery
promotions. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a
winner under the Second Category which is part of our annual
promotional draws. The results of the draws have been officially
announced, and you emerged as a winner.Kindly do not have doubt over
your participation in this lottery, as all Participants were selected
through an electronic computer ballot system for all email users drawn
from over 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania, North
American, and South American.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number NL1267OPLT,with serial
number WO-170Z-X and lucky number 12,34,90,00,63,10 consequently won in
the Second Category. You have therefore been approved to receive the
sum of 400,000 Euros (Four Hundred Thousand Euros), which is the
winning payout for

Second Category winners.This is from a total cash prize of
4,000,000.00 (Four Million Euros) which is the total sum for the Ten
(10) lucky winners in this category.

In your best interest, Kindly keep your winning and batch numbers
confidential to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind. We
advice that you keep your winning informations out of the general
public inorder to avoid someone taking advantage of your winning
information, untill your funds have been remitted to your account.This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by Participants/nonparticipants of this program.

Please contact your Fiduciary Agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference
and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in any of your
correspondence .Also give Him the following information

1.Name:
2.Telephone numbers and fax:
3.Age:
4.Address:
5.Country:
6.Occupation:
7.REF Number:LST/006/NL/LT1
8.BATCH No: BAT/LTNL/1236/0TY


To begin your claims, You are adviced to
contact the your Fiduciary Agent with the below information:

***********************************************
Contact person:Mr.Allan Griffen
E-mail: allangrifen@uk2.net
Tel:+44-701-112-8008
***********************************************
NOTE: All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today if
unclaimed.Congratulations once again.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Van-Bruce Florence
online co-ordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam