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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")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • intpromo2006@yahoo.com
  • southcentralsecurity@mail.win.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Happy Home <intpromo2006@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: interpromo@planet-save.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:14:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Attn : Mail win


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: intpromo2006@yahoo.com



From: Dr.Rita Gabriel.

Lottery Coordinator

Happy Home Internet Lottery Promotions International.

150 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ.

Ref. Number: 117/756/4534

Batch number: 638901517-AMB/06.


GRAND FECILITATIONS.

Hurray! You have been selected as one of the Five

lucky winners in the first edition of the Happy home

Internet Lottery Promotions International draw.You

have therefore been approved for a huge payout of $1M

(One Million US Dollar Only).


How was the selection process done? Winners were

randomly selected from an initial database of 200,000

emails which was eventually downsized to 5,000 from

which we eventually selected the final and lucky Five

due to their frequent access to internet services.This

process was drawn to compersate the internet user

through the computerized email balloting system

selecting emails from The Middle East, Asia, Africa,

Canada, Europe, USA and South America.


To ensure a smooth collection of your grand prize,you

are to contact our transfer agent by email or

telephone within a week of this notice.

Please find full contact details below:


(Payment Officer)

Contact Person: Mr Kelly A David

SOUTH CENTRAL SECURITY COMPANY,

BOLOGNA ITALY

Email: southcentralsecurity@mail.win.it

Tell/Fax : +39-029-544-1829



Please,remember to quote your reference number and

batch number in all

correspondence.Ref.Number:117/756/4534,Batch

number:638901517-AMB/06.


Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep your

winning lottery numbers to yourself in line with our

company security protocol to avoid double claiming and

unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous

individuals.Please do contact your claim agent as

instructed above.


On behalf of all our staff in Happy Home Internet Lottery

Promotions International, accept my Congratulations!


Dr.Rita Gabriel.

Lottery Co-ordinator,

London, England.




- Happy Home

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam