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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:

• 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.
  • +447031906816 (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.
  • euromillions_claimsofficer7@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: euromillions03@mchsi.com (euromillions_claimsofficer7@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:24:45 +0000
Subject: Attention: Make Claims For Your Winning Prize !

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Congratulations,as we happily announce to you,the draw (# 1106) Euro-Millions
International program held and the Result have been officially announce today
4th of October 2007. All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from The WorldWide Website by our Computer ballot system and Over
100,000 names/email addresses of unions, associations, and corporate bodies
from America, Africa, Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East,and Oceania,were
Extracted for the Draw.

Your e-mail was extracted as one of the lucky email address: Your email
address is attached to the following.

Lucky Number: 17, 19, 20,32,36,48.
Serial Number: 500/UK15
Bonus Ball No: 18 - Match 6
Draw Number: 1190
Batch: 119/NLUK10/2107
Ref: UK/PS91204/RDMT

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,792,430(One
million, seven hundred and ninety two thousand, four hundred and thirty pounds
sterling) in cash .This is from a total cash prize of £5,377,290 shared
amongst the first three (3)jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent below and provide
him with the informations

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:

Agent: Mr. Johnson White
Email;euromillions_claimsofficer7@yahoo.co.uk

PHONE: +447031906816
: +447031913149
Fax :+447092882415

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Queensley Smith
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR NATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam