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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • worldyconsults@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: JEFF CARLOS <worldyconsultx@netscape.net>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 16:01:54 +0100
Subject: EURO SPANISH LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


C/CORDOBA NO 21 PLANTA 2-A
28204 MADRID -SPAIN.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
BAREED INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: EGS/2551256003/03
BATCH NO: 14/0017/IPD

RE: 2005 AWARD NOTIFICATION, FINAL NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our RECENT LOTTERY DRAWS HELD on the 11thofoct 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 11 23 34 38 48 49 46 750 with serial number:211305 drew lucky numbers:1315 22 37 39 which consequently won
in the 2nd category. you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of ?2,500.000.00 Note that All participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over
2,000 companies and 3,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and web sites. This ?80,400,000.00 Euro is shared among the seventeen international winners in this category.

This promotional program takes palce once every year, and is sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates of microsoft inc and other corporate organisations.This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.Your fund is deposited with a corresponding affiliate African insurance
company, insured in your name. Due to mix up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to designated account of your choice. It is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants on this program.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
EMAIL.: worldyconsults@netscape.net
TELL:0034697463846
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to your account.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than one month from the date of notification.After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon aspossible.

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

yours Sincerely,
MR. RAUL CARLOS

for: BAREED INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winner will result to disqualification

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