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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")
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +2215545692 (Senegal, probably a 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.
  • gblcrossing@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ANPOST NATIONAL LOTTERY" <lottery@anpost.org> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:19:56 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!

ANPOST LOTTERY PROGRAMME DUBLIN IRELAND
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: APNL/5181/7390007/77
BATCH: 2101/14/LPP


ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

Congratulations Category A prize winner!
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 15TH MARCH 2006, of the 5 lucky winners of the AN.POST NATIONAL

LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS. Your company, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-05
drew the lucky numbers 4, 14, 17, 28, 62, 63. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO.
ANPL/5181/7390007/77. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa,
Canada, Europe, USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House insured in your name. Due to the 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 your account. This is
part of our secuity protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
Godwin John,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
GLOBAL CROSSING,
DAKAR ,SENEGAL
TEL: +221 5545692
EMAIL: gblcrossing@excite.com

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 3rd April
2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays 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 as possible.

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


Sincerely,
JUAN HUGHES
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
ANPOST NATIONAL LOTTERY.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim agent.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam