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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +27735977077 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • worldinternet_lotteryintl@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • danmandla@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: worldinternet_lotteryintl@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:22:13 +0200
Subject: ========EGUA IS THE BEST==============

FROM: THE DIRECTOR OF THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF:NO EG/033-20737-750/22/12/04
BATCH: 340/1608/RDL.
EMAIL: WORLDINTERNET_LOTTERYINTL@YAHOO.COM
MOBILE:+27_731_390_256.
FAX: + 27-1172-54-147.

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release of 7TH offebruay,2006 of
the result of the sweepstake WORLD INTERNET LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL,promotion programs. Your name attached to the ticket

number 033-20737-750
with serial number 033-05 drew the lucky number
13-15-16-21-34-36, which consequently won lottery in the 2nd category.
You are therefore been approved for a lump sum of US$1,000.000.00 (One
million United states dollars) in cash credited to the file Nº
EG/033-20737-750/22/12/04 this is from the total cash prize of
US$15,000,000.00
Fifteen million United states dollars, shared among Fifteen
international winners in this category.

Your fund is secured under a comprehensive insurance policy in your
name, which permits nobody or group of persons to subtract from it.
Due to mixed up of some numbers and names. We ask that you keep this
award top secrete from public notice until your claims has been processed
and
your money remitted to your nominated account. As this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking of
advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 25,000 names, from all over the world as a part of our
International promotion program, which we conduct twice every year. We
hope that,
with a part of your prize you will take part in our middle of the year
high stake US$1.3bn lottery. To avoid scam,please contact only your
assigned agent below.You won this lottery because you subscribed
online.Some names were selected via the Internet and lottery was
played on their behalf to mark world Internet day.

This is part of the program to promote Internet in the world. To begin
your claim, please contact your Claim Agent,

MR.DAN MANDLA.
THE FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER OF
OMEGA CROSSING,
JOHANNESBURG-SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:+27 735 977 077
EMAIL:danmandla@YAHOO.COM

For processing and remittance of your money to a designated account of
your choice. Remember all prize money must be claimed not later than 6
weeks from the date of this notice after this date all funds will be
returned to the ministerio de economia y hacienda as unclaimed. Note
in
order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
ref. and batch nos in every correspondence with your agent.If there
will
be any change of address, do please inform your claims agent as soon
as
possible.

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

Yours Sincerely,
Miss.Gloria Martins.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam