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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.
• 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.
  • lindacook007@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: cook@mail.com
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 08:47:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

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Here is a message for you from http://web2mail.com
The easy way to read and send POP email on the web
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Dear Winner,

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are officially informing you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 5th of APRIL 2006 as part of our promotional programs for the year 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with reference number 414-3721060 drew winning numbers 7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 121cfc, which consequently won in the 3rd category via our electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay out of £1,800,000.00 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Pounds).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We also advice that you keep your winning information very confidential as our security policy demands to avoid double claims/impersonation and unwarranted abuse of this program by some individuals.

All participants were selected through a random computer ballot system drawn from over 800,000 company and 1,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place annually and we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year £20 Million Pounds International Lottery. To file for your claim, you will be

contacting our accounts department authorized to verify and process your claims for your total payment (You will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email).

This lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other private organizations to help individuals generate fortunes which would encourage them to expand their business frontiers thereby creating more opportunities and assisting with humanitarian concerns within

their immediate environment. Please Note that winnings must be claimed not later than 25th of MAY 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in our subsequent program coming up later in 2007. In order to avoid complications always quote your reference number in all correspondence.

NAME:.....................................................................

AGE:.........................................................................

SEX:..........................................................................

ADDRESS:...............................................................

EMAIL:....................................................................

PHONE

No.:...........................................................................

OCCUPATION:.......................................................

COMPANY:.............................................................

COUNTRY:..............................................................

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send back to us for

prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18

years of age.

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to

disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may

contain Information that is privileged, proprietary,confidential and exempted

from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination,distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs linda cook

Programs & Events coordinator

(Highwood Group)



REPLY TO,

lindacook007@myway.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam