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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 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:
  • "claim 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 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.
  • +447031843627 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447030402517 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • atlanticagency@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO!GRAND EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION. <susan23@o2.pl>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:54:41 -0400
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


YAHOO/UK-NATIONAL LOTTERY.

YAHOO! GRAND EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION.
PRIZE AWARD DEPT
REF NO: YLP/4910X1/05
BATCH NO: 12/25/0305
WINNING NOTIFICATION
Attn: Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the release of the lottery
promotion that was randomly selected through a computer ballot
system draw from MICROSOFT USERS,COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUAL EMAIL
ADDRESSES FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB(WWW).

YAHOO/UK-NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO/WORLD GAMING BOARD held on 4th
june,2006.The results were released today.

Your email address attached to Ticket No: 7804468845 with Serial No:
0252393053 drew the lucky numbers 08-09-17-29-37-43 which subsequently
won the lottery in the 1st category.
You have there fore been approved a lump sum of TWO MILLION GREAT
BRITAIN POUNDS.
CONGRATULATIONS! Your funds are presently held in a Finance/Security
Firm, and is insured in your FILE REFERENCE and covered with HIGH
INSURANCE POLICY. For security reasons, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claim 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 Lottery program.
To process your winning claims, please contact your Fiduciary/Claims
Agent;
TRUSTEES CLAIM AGENT: DR.HARRY WALTER
(ATLANTIC ALLIANCE AGENCY)
TEL:Tel: +447031843627 Fax:+44 703 040 2517.
Email: atlanticagency@k.ro
N.B: Endeavour to quote your winning references in all future
correspondence so as to avoid unnecessary delay and complications.
For due processing and remittance of your winning prize to your
Designated bank account of your choice, please treat as urgent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
your Fiduciary/Claims Agent as soon as possible. All winning must
be claimed not later than 30th June 2006. After this date all
unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.

Congratulations once again and thank you for being a part of the
YAHOO/UK-NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO/WORLD GAMING BOARD
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. lisa Simson.
(On-line Co-ordinator)
NB
Kindly state the name of the officer in-charge of your case file when
contacting the agency to enable them start processing your claim as
soon as possible.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam