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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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 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.
  • evapedro900@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: evapedro600@jmail.co.za
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:12:36 -0500
Subject: PROCESSING DETAILS

The Euro Million Lottery Sweepstakes,
PO Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH
UNITED KINGDOM

Ref No: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
Batch No:901/00319/HLP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of your selection as one of the five winners of the new year
promotion Programme held
recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA.


You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of (£500.000.00(G.B.P). the value of the amount comes to
($917,956.00 USD) Nine
Hundred and Seventeen thousand, Nine hundred and fifty-six United States Dollars.

We in the Euro Million Lottery Sweepstakes is by this program,Launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,
developed and designed to
satisfy the cravings of the ever-growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous
draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails all participants were selected
through a computer
ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and South America as part our International
Promotions Program, which was
conducted in view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by their
respective continents from
across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw In
other to claim your
£500,000.00 prize, you will have to fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then you will
be inform on how your
Cashier's Check for £500,000.00 has already been deposited with your email
contact.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM


1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________
11. COUNTRY________________________________


To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
Mrs.Eva Pedro
EMAIL: evapedro900@hotmail.com

Sincerely,
David Jose

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam