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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • mrclapp01@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: www.europw.com <europwagence01@aol.fr>
Reply-To: mrclapp01@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:17:54 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON THE EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY


Dear Winner,
*********************
WINNING NUMBER: FRO-269/19/45
WEBSITE: www.europw.com
MONTH OF JAN 2008 EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE,
*********************
YOU WON THE SUM OF (ONE MILLION EURO)1,000,000.00 EUROS FROM EURO-PW LOTTERY =
ONLINE AND
GAMING CORPORATION. ALL THE WINNING TICKETS WAS SELECTED FROM A DATA
BASE OF INTERNET E-MAIL USERS,
FROM WHICH YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT AS THE WINNING COUPON.
WE THEREBY CONTACT YOU TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING AMOUNT QUICKLY AS THIS IS
A MONTHLY LOTTERY. FAILURE TO CLAIM YOUR WIN WILL RESULT INTO THE
REVERSION OF THE WINNING PRIZE TO OUR FOLLOWING MONTH LOTTERY.
(EXPIRING DATE, 26TH FEBUARY 2008).
PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR
REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER.
DIRECTOR OF WINNING CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
Mrs Alecia Clapp Villberg
TELLPHONE 0033-643-726-038
E MAIL; europwagence01@aol.fr
E MAIL: mrclapp01@netscape.net
WEBSITE: www.europw.com
TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIM, YOU ARE TO KEEP YOUR WINNING TO YOURSELF.
Online Lottery Co-ordinators Paris France.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam