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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:

• 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:
  • "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.
  • patrick_fuso2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mris.Julie Van-Nas" <elgordolottery@luckywinnerworld.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:22:39 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION...LOTTERY WINNERS.

 

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02

BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD                           

                  

                              RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

Europe Lotto wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Europe Lottery Union held on the 10th AUGUST, 2005. Your email account have been picked as a winner of  600,000.00 Only ( SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY).

This results is now released to you on the 16th AUGUST, 2005. and your email address attached to Ticket No:0431505 with the Lucky No: 09,62,16,71,31,Euro Ball 25. which won the lottery in the A Category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of your winning,kindly contact your claims agent Mr. Patrick Fuso at patrick_fuso2005@yahoo.com ,   you are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning.

All winning must be claimed not later than 31th AUGUST, 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be retured. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

You are therefore advised to send down the following informations

1. Full name and address.

2. Country.

3. Tel and fax number.

4.Occupation.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Julie Van Hans,
Executive.(UK Lottery Intern.)

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam