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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.

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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031844877 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prize Winning Notification" <bplotto2006@msn.com>
Reply-To: bplotto@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:07:49 +0000
Subject: Congratulations............ Lucky Winner

It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a Category "A"
winner of the British Plus Lotto


Congratulations............ You Are a Lucky Winner


You are entitled to a prize sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars, Reference number for your prize is PILS/SA/UK/69-810278,
ticket
number A/04-3919. As a category A winner, you have been selected from a
total number of Twenty Five Thousand names drawn from Asia, Africa,Europe,
Middle East and America.

After the computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only six
winners emerged in the category and therefore both are to receive payouts of
Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars from the total
Twenty seven Million United States Dollars for second category winners.

We in the British Plus Lotto, It 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.

To immediately collect your prize, please contact our Category "A" financial
handlers with information below:

Mr. Robert Powell
Premium Trust Agency
E-mail: p_robert1@msn.com

Provide prize reference number-PILS/SA/UK/69-810278 and winning ticket
number-A/04-3919 for confirmation. In your best interests, you must initiate
contact within one week of receipt of this correspondence.

You are also advised to send a copy of this Email by email, to your
financial handler Mr. Robert Powell when contacting him.

You are to keep all lottery information from the public as we will not
entertain cases of multiple claims processing or compromise the privacy and
security forall winners.

Other necessary British Plus Lotto information are Draw 1 number: 001-22528
Draw 2 number: 002-8073 International Lottery code no: IL66118 You may be
required to provide any of the above information during the process of
collecting your prize.

You are advised once again to keep all winning lottery information and
numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals.

We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in
any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Don Murray
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
BRITISH PLUS LOTTO
GREAT SURRY HOUSE
203 BLACK FRAIRS ROAD,
LONDON SE 1 8NH
Tel: +447031844877

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam