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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (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.
  • +447024069730 (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.
  • agentmrdaltonjohn@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: USA DEPARMENT OF STATE LOTTERY AWARD <usacustomerservice3@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:29:25 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE SUM OF $450,000.00 USD
CONGRAULATION..






























Date:13th/07/2007
Ref 213061798
Batch: 8056490902/188
Winning no: KB8701/LPRC

Dear Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATION!!

We are delighted to inform you of your winning on the 13th of July: 2007 from the United States of America International Lottery Program which is partially based on an electronic selection of Winners using their e-mail addresses.

Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number; 213061798 8056490902 serial number 6741137002.This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows: 4-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You are here by having been approved a lump sum pay of $450,000.00 US (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 46704/03 from the total cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada , Australia , Asia , Europe ,and Middle East ,as part of our International promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery is promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base and you are entitled with a huge lump of $450,000.00 US dollars. Your batch number felled under BRITISH payment center which LONDON is the Headquarters.

HOW TO FILE YOUR CLAIM:

Simply contact our EUROPEAN and ASIAN Fiducial Agent in London, Barrister. DALTON JOHN at; (agentmrdaltonjohn@yahoo.com)or call +447024069730to file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw, Reference Number, Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message.

Also, you should give in your telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note: all winnings MUST be claimed by the 30th of August. 2007 ; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Best Regards.

Mrs. Adams Rose
(For the coordinator).

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :( agentmrdaltonjohn@yahoo.com ). or call +447024069730 ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION
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