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

Fraud email example:

From: victorylotto2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 02:43:48 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=21?=

ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of
the
announcement today,30th march, 2006 of winners of the VICTORY ROMO
LOTTERY,THE
SPAIN/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 28th march, 2006.
Your email address,is attached to ticket number 234-808-457-2269 ,
withserial
number 5073-11 drewthe lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently
won the lotteryin the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$5,500.000.00
in
cash credited to file REF NO. SSW/25041238013/03. This is from total
prize
money of US$80,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen international
winners
in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from a collation of frequent internet users from all over the world
from
Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions
Program,
which is conducted bia-annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with a Security company 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 security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part
of
you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes S$1.3
billion
International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent; MR.TAYLOR JAMES,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, RAYMOND CROSSROAD, SPAIN, via this email
address
(taylor_claimsagent@yahoo.com)
For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 11th APRI,
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
orrespondences 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,
MR.JOHN ANDERSON
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
VICTORY PROMO LOTTERY,THE
SPAIN.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of any of our winners
will
result to disqualification.
SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam