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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:

• 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 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.
  • foreignoperationmanager2006@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: winners506@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:17:27 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

TOTAL SUPPORT LOTTERY AGENT SOUTH AFRICAN 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTERY AWARD.
LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS: 2nd Floor SABC Radio Park Building
P.O. Box 91711, Auckland Park, 2006 Henley Road.
Batch Number:TSL 754/22/76
Reference Number:TSL /04/736207152/SA

WINNING NOTIFICATION
DEAR:SIR/MADAM

We are pleased to announce to you as one of the 10 lucky winners of the South African 2010 World cup Bid award INTERNANTIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION held in Zurich, Switzerland on the 30 JUNE 2005. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 9 others as a category 4 of winners in this year's Annual TOTAL SUPPORT LOTTO Draw. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 512770 with Serial number TSL 09622/SA drew the lucky numbers:





which subsequently won you the lottery in the 4TH category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,000,000.00 MILLION DOLLARS (Two million United state dollars ) in cash credited to file TSL/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of US$10,000,000.00 Million Dollars , shared amongst the first Five (5) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of our international promotion program. Due to mixed up of some Email addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators, You are therefore directed to contact our Foreign operation claiming and processing manager immediately on receipt of this massage for quickened and urgent release of your winning fund. His contact information is as follows:

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.

Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

NAME:MR.JOHN KOOPER
FOREIGN OPERATION CLAIMING/PROCESSING MANAGER
TEL:27-782-269-411
Email:foreignoperationmanager2006@yahoo.co.in

FILL AND SUBMIT TO THE FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR FOLLOW UP

1.TEL:
2.FAX:
3.SEX
4.AGE:
5.NAME:
6.ADDRESS:
7.COUNTRY:
8.OCCUPATION:
9.INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVER'S LICENSE :

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers and Name in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
MRS.CECELIA BRIGGS

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