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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.
  • wilfred.hook@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "GUINNESS PROMOTION" <deskee2008@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:23:39 -0400
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION

 GUINNESS    
 GUINNESS HOUSE
 ISOKO ROAD
 WC2A 2AE, NIGERIA.
 

 

 Date:19-08-2008.

GUINNESS STOUT NEW  YEAR GREAT INTERNET AWARENESS PROMOTIONS 2008.   

 

Attention. ,

 

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded 28TH FEBUARY 2008 End of Year draws held on the 3rd of MARCH 2008 by GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT Worldwide Internet Awareness Promotion, your email was among the 30 lucky winners who won GBP (One Million Great British Pounds) £1,000,000.00 each on the GUINNESS COMPANY.
 

However, the results were released today 19th of AUGUST 2008 and your email was attached to ticket number (GUI45856CS89) and ballot number (BN: 6220914657/HBZ-T). The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 250,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies, picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

In other to claim your GBP £1,000,000.00  winning prize, which have been deposited in a designated Finance Security Company here in Nigeria. However, you will have to fill the form below and send it to the Promotion manager of  Guinness Worldwide Internet Awareness Lottery Company for verification and then you will be directed on how you can claim your won prize as it has already been deposited in your favour.

NAMES:

AGE:

SEX: 

MARITAL STATUS:
HOME ADDRESS:

COUNTRY:

MOBILE PHONE:

OCCUPATION:

 

Completely fill the form above and send it immediately to our promotion manager through email for prompt collection of your fund using the contact details below:
 
CONTACT:
Name: Mr.wilfred Hook

(PROMOTION MANAGER)

EMAIL: ID. :wilfred.hook@yahoo.com

 

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Jennifer Dieter

     (Secretary)

 

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam