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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • withneyjenifer@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "henry snow" <irish_lottery247@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:59:23 +0000
Subject: ***CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU***

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT UK ONLINE LOTTO.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

RESULTS FOR PROMOTIONAL DRAW.
NATIONWIDE INTER-LOTTO UK wishes to inform you of the results of
her WORLD-ONLINE Promotional draws . We are happy to officially inform you
that you have emerged a winner under our result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 25th of january 2006 promotional draws.
We have send a letter and this is our final notification.

Your name attached to serial numbers 51850-0 and track
numbers 01-4110 drew the lucky numbers:03-07-22-27-31-39 which
consequently won the lottery in the 3 category.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 name email addresses of individuals and companies from
Africa,America,Asia,Australia,Canada,Europe,Middle East, and NewZealand as
part of our International Promotions Program.

Your Lottery Claim is attached to ticket number:44-3-2, with serial number
708-4, and drew the lucky numbers:05 07 18 27 31 36 (46) to emerge one of
the third category winners.

Therefore you have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay
out of £ 1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION Great Britain Pounds) in cash,
which is the winningpayout for Third Category winners. This is from
the total prize money of £ 9,000,000.00 pounds shared between 6
international winners of different categories.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with our fiduciary agent (UKBOND) in your name.
In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names
of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award
strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants who take advantage
of our name and this programme to scam our winners.

We also wish to bring to your notice our early year (2006) high stakes where
you stand a chance of winning up to 12,00,000.00, we hope that with a part
of your prize you will participate.To begin your claim
process, please contact our UK paying agent immediately.

Mrs. Rita Jenifer
HM (FINANCE & TRUST) UK LTD.
EMAIL:withneyjenifer@yahoo.com
TEL/FAX NO:447031908501

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice Remember, all prize money must be claimed.

After this date, the prize award will be returned to the
UK INTER-LOTTO and be informed that 5% of your lottery
winning belongs to charity organisation. As was stated in the policy
of our organisation that no institution/person has right to remove/deduct
money out of the total sum won till it gets to the beneficiary.

Please call your agent as soon as you receive this letter and
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers when filing your claim
and in all your correspondence with HM Rita Jenifer, Congratulations to you
on behalf of our management.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Anthony James

LOTTERY COORDINATOR
NATIONWIDE INTER-LOTTO UK
SOUTH PARK BUSINESS CENTRE 310
GREEN LANE,
ILFORD,IG11XT, ESSEX.

PLEASE ALL INSTRUCTIONS ARE STRICTLY OBSVERED
AND ANY WINNERS BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE SHOULD IGNOR
THIS NOTICE AS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THIS CLAIM.

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