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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims 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.
  • mrscarollgordon@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mcanthony@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mrs=20Caroll=20Gordon?= <mrscarollgordon@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mcanthony@indiatimes.com
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:01:25 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS AND PICK YOUR CLAIMS !!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrscarollgordon@yahoo.co.uk

The United Nations Lottery

Headquatres

270 John Downey Drive

New Britain

CT 06051

LONDON

UNITED KINGDOM


(Customer Services)Ref: UN/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369

NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS:

Dear Sir/Madam


We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the , online

Sweepstakes International program held on 13TH MARCH,2006

Your e-mail address attached to TICKET NUMBER: 1416-4612-750 with

SERIAL NUMBER:3187-17 drew the LUCKY DREW NUMBERS:31-17-8-28-55

(bonus no.25), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd

category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to

claim total sum of £750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds)

in cash credited to file .This is from a total cash prize of UK

£750,000,000MILLION shared amongst the one thousand (1000)lucky winners

in this categoryi.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place weekly.your lucky winning number falls within

our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in

your play coupon.

In view of this, your £750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand

Pounds)will be released to you by any of our payment offices in

Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence the process to

facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For

security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information

confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to

you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part

of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted

abuse of this program. Please be warned.To file for your claim,Please

contact our claims agent


******************************************************************************

********************************

Mr.Marckus Anthony

270 John Downey Drive

New Britain

CT 06051

LONDON

UNITED KINGDOM

Email: mcanthony@indiatimes.com

**********************************************************************

********************************

Endeavour to contact him with the following informations:

1,Full Names

2,Contact Address

3,Telephone Number

4,Age

5,Sex

6,Nationality

7,Occupation

8,Winning information i,e ticket number..................,

batch number............................,

reference number........................,

serial number...........................,e.t.c.


Congratulations from me and members of

staff of THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,


CAROLL GORDON (Mrs)


Online coordinator for THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY Sweepstakes

International Program

For and on behalf of the Office of the Secretary General OF THE UNITED NATIONS,

PLEASE NOTE THAT WINNERS WHO RESIDE CLOSE TO VICTIMS THE OF HURRICANE KATERINA AND THE HURRICANE RITA WILL BE REQUIRED TO DONATE TEN PERCENT(10%) OF THEIR WINNINGS TO THOSE

VICTIMS.


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You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize



- Mrs Caroll Gordon

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