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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:
  • "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Henry Hale <henry_hale003@yahoo.it>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:57:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?Re:ATTENTION:=20WINNER=20(YOU=20HAVE=20BEEN=20GRANTED=20TH?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?E=20SUM=20OF=20=A3500,000=20GBP)?=


"YAHOO FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT"

ATTENTION: Mr Gerrell Schroelich,

I received your email, This is to inform you are contacted the right person and also that you have been selected for a cash prize of £500,000.00 (Pounds) held on the 4th of June 2007 in London Uk. Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number 7263-267, batch number 8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £500,000.00 (i.e. five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file REF: YAHOO6/315116127/27.


You are advise to come up with the following information: REF Number:, Batch number:, Winning Email Address, Full Names, Contact Address, Phone Number.

REGARDS
SIR.HENRY HALE (REMMITANCE DIRECTOR)



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