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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031846394 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: finalclaim@ny.com
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 08:56:06 +0100
Subject: LUCKY WINNER


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UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
9 Chaucer House Churchill gardens
London, SW1V 3DW
United Kingdom.

WINNING NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS !!!
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT results held on the 20th of February, 2006. Your email ID identified with REF Number: 65149/347-5647/LMO was selected by Electronic Random selection (ERS) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category .Your email ID which was among the 3,000,000 email addresses that entered for the E- MAIL LOTTERY was submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have therefore been approved a lump sum payout of €500,000.00 euros in cheque drawn in your favour .
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world.
To claim your lottery winning please contact our assigned agent below :
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CONTACT NAME: Mrs.Mavis Cook
CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom.
TEL: +44- 703-184-6394
WEB:www.national-lottery.co.uk
EMAIL:payoffice03@mmail.com


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Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 14days of receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake, this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your winning informations found below in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Ann Douf ( lottery coordinator)

Ref Number:65149/347-5647/LMO
Batch Number: 2637/2312-LNI/2006


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Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.
This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, confidential .
If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam