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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.
  • +447045722823 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY GAMING BOARD <irishgaming_board@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:24:59 +0100
Subject: CONTACT DR MARK LAMBERT





The National Lottery

EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENTAbbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, Ireland(Customer Services)Ref: IR/90020X2/07Batch: 074/07/ZY569

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Winner(Ref: IR/90020X2/07),CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY OFFICE!!!I am writing to confirm the official owner of this email address. Are you the owner of this lucky email address? If yes! then count your self a Lucky person as we are pleased to notify you of the final announcement of the Irish National Lottery Online sweepstakes Promo Programme held on the 19th of November 2007 at exactly 8:26 pm London Time (GMT).You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,350,000 Euro.(One Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro).

To claim your winning fund you are adviced to contact Dr Mark Lambert to obtain your Fund Release Verification Form, Otherwise known as Payment Processing Form.CONTACT DETAILS OF YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT:AGENT:Dr Mark LambertEmail: drmark_lambert1955@yahoo.co.ukPhone: +44 7045722823.Yours Sincerely, Sir Ezikel SmithIrnl-Co-ordinator
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