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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:
  • "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.
  • newton_moore0111@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rose mary <uklotto_notification_department@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: newton_moore0111@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 04:56:17 +0100 (BST)
Subject: UK LOTTERY NOTIFICATION




The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)


UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.

AFFILIATE OF INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANIZATION

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
National U.K Lottorey wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on 24 OF APRIL, 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY .

This results is now released to you on TUE 24 OF APRIL, 2006 and your email address attached in the A Category lucky ball , to check your results online click on this link http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.
Be advise to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
All winning must be claimed not later than 14days. After this time all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications to quote your reference number in all correspondence. Please contact your claims agent MR NEWTON MOORE. with this email address : newton_moore0111@yahoo.fr to direct you on how to claim the your prize.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.

Sincerely,

MRS JULIE VAN HANS,

(VICE PRESIDENT)







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