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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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 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.
  • consultancyinfo@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: MARIA LUXEMBORG <infodelonl@netscape.net>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 09:09:20 +0200
Subject: BATCH:245/2002/GWK

CONTACT PAYMENT CO-ORDINATORS!!!
STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT AND
PROMOTIONS!!!
KHORHOSTRAAT 155,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.

FROM:THE
DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN:ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
BATCH:245/2002/GWK

WE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM
YOU TODAY THE 26TH OF MAY 2006. RESULT OF THE STAATSLOTERIJ JACKPOT
AND PROMOTIONS, NETHERLANDS. HELD ON 10TH OF MAY 2006.
YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS ATTACHED TO THE TICKET NO:1001-55896542-5899 WITH SERIAL NO:
6666/05 DREW FROM THE LUCKY NO:02-22-00-66-99-85-96, WHICH
CONSEQUENTLY WON THE LOTTERY IN THE FIRST CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE
BEEN APPROVED FOR A LUMP SUM PAY OUT OF ONE MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS
(US$1,000,000.00) IN CASH CREDITED TO SECURITY FILE NUMBER
ABN/5333/025648/03UA.
THIS IS FROM A TOTAL CASH PRIZE OF US$4 MILLION
SHARE AMONG FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN
THIS CATEGORY.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

DUE TO MIXED UP OF SOME NUMBERS AND NAMES, WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP THIS
WINNING INFORMATIONS OUT OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE UNTIL YOUR CLAIM HAS
BEEN PROCESSED AND YOUR FUNDS REMITTED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT
AS THIS IS PART OF THE SECURITY PROTOCOL, TO AVOID DOUBLE CLAIMING OR
UNWARRANTED COMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROGRAM BY PARTICIPANTS.

ALL
PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM
500,000 COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL EMAIL ADDRESSES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AS
PART OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAMM WHICH WE CONDUCT EVERY
FIVE YEARS.

TO BEGIN YOUR CLAIMS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENT.
MR. MARCO VAN DAMN

TEL: 31 - 644 893 478
FAX: 31- 847 572 622
Email: consultancyinfo@aim.com

FOR PROCESSING AND REMMITTANCE OF YOUR
WINNING CASH INTO A DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE, REMEMBER,
ALL WINNINGS MUST BE CLAIM NOT LATER THAN
JUNE 15TH 2006, AFTER THIS
DATE, ALL UNCLAIM FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE PROMOTION COMPANY.


NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND COMPLICATIONS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER, BATCH NUMBERS, YOUR FULL
NAMES, TELEPHONE NUMBER, FAX NUMBER AND ADDRESS IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE
WITH YOUR CLAIM AGENT.
FURTHERMORE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY CHANGE OF YOUR
ADDRESS, DO INFORM YOUR CLAIM AGENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FROM ALL MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME.

NOTE: ANYBODY UNDER THE
AGE OF 18 IS AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MARIA LUXEMBORG,
(PROMOTION MANAGER).

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