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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:
  • "money transfer control number" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
• 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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: Sea-Gate Financial Trust Funds <edwardpatrickoffice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 23:42:12 +0100 (BST)
Subject: REF No: Uknl/9420X2/68, USING UPS COURIER IN TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING FUNDS.


Attention: Ms Bathilda Krugzer,

USING UPS IN TRANSFER OF YOUR WINNING FUNDS.

Goodday to you. Your mail was received and find below the details for payment.

In response to your preffered option using UPS delivery company in transferring your winnings ,You will have to pay for the transfer/courier charges which is five hundred and sixty Pounds (560 Pounds) that need to be pay to our account department before the transfer of your winning parcel will be effected by UPS to your designated address as given by you in your country.

Kindly send over your complete and correct delivery address along side with your payment details for easy delivery. The discribtion of address should be broken down for the purpose of easier location by our postman.

In the above explanation you are to proceed with payment as instructed .You are to locate any Western Union Transfer Shop in your Country and make payment to our account officer in our account department he is incharge of receiving payment .

Name: Mr Richard Dyer .
Address: HEAD OFFICE: NEW 315 OLD THAMBU CHETTY STREET,SLOUGH BERKSHIRE SL1 3XT LONDON ,UK .

As soon you make payment you are to send the scanned copy of the payment slip for verification of payment .More so you are been advice to send informations present on payment slip as listed below for re-verification and confirmation of payment done.

Sender Name:
Amount Sent:
Receiver Name:
Money Transfer Control Number (M.T.C.N)

Note:There will not be any form of deduction from your winnings till your winning funds gets to you this is in accordance with section 13(1) (n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 2004 and amended on 3RD July 2006 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds and win and win Situations.

You are to Proceed with payment so that your winnings can be transfer within the next 72hrs.

You to Proceed with payment.

Kindest Regards,
Mr Edward Patrick,
Funds Release/Transfer Manager.




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