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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us dollars" (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.
  • +2348060996261 (Nigeria, 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.
  • swiftfiduciary02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Franca Willophy" <willophy48@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 23:27:10 +0000
Subject: Released Result(2nd category winner)

Swift Lotto Gaming Commission
Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914
Ref: 074/05/ZY369
Batch: UK/9420X2/68
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-005
Grand Draw No: 12099

SWIFT LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the SWIFT Lottery International
programs, held on the 10th of May 2006 in
Manchester,UK.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647 5600 5465
5188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky
numbers: 19-6-26-17-35-47,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of Two million five hundred Thousand US Dollars
($2,500,000) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is

from a total cash prize of $25,000,000(Twenty five million US
dollars).shared amongst the first Ten(10) lucky winners in this

category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website
through computer draw system and extracted from over

100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our WESTERN AFRICA

booklet representative office in AFRICA as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your $2,500,000 in cash credited to file

KPC/9080118308/02, would be released to you by our payment office in
AFRICA.Our WEST AFRICAN 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 sent to you.This is part of our precautionary

measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.

To file for your claim,please contact our WEST AFRICA fiduciary agent:

NAME: DR.Thomas Brown
Email: swiftfiduciary02@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +2348060996261

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full names,
your country, your private Telephone and fax
number,your Reference/batch numbers etc in any correspondences with us or
our designated agent.
Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before 29th of
June 2006.Congratulations once more from all members
and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Franca Willophy
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR
FOR Swift Lotto Gaming Commission

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. This is a computer-generated

message.Please do not reply to this mail since we will be unable to answer
these replies. Contact your WEST AFRICA fiduciary agent

by email or phone.

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