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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")
• 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.
  • info_takelotterymail1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Koffi Jennifer Smith" <koffijennifersmith01@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:51:52 +0000
Subject: HELLO FRIEND, CONGRATULATIONS

Sweep stake Lottery
Affiliate of International Lottery organization.
14 Fox Rd, Suite 321. London W4 3RW England

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

ATTENTION : ticket number 27522465896-532

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery draws
held on 31st May,2006.Your Name and Email address attached to ticket number
27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew luckynumber 7-14-18-23-31-45
which consequently won 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of US$3.5Million (Three Million five hundred thousand US
Dollars only).

Note: ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 Companies and
30,000,000 individual Names,email addresses from all search engines and web
sites. This promotional program takes place every year,and is promoted and
sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei,Bill Gates Of
Microsoftinc, Multi Choice,Echina site and other corperate organisations.

This is to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.For
security purpose and clarity,we advise that you keep your winning
informations confidential until your claims have been processed and your
money remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claims and unwarranted abuse of this programe by some particitants.

We look forward to your active participant in our next year US$ 50 Million
slot.You are requested to contact our clearance officer below to assist you
with your winning and subsequent payments.All winning must be claim not
later than one month After the date of this notice.Please note,in order to
avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore,should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as
soon as possible.Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of
our promotional program.

NOTE;YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Mrs. Koffi Jennifer Smith
SWEEP STAKE Zonal Coordinator.

N/B:
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Name: Agent Henry Morgan
Email: info_takelotterymail1@yahoo.co.uk

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