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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 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.
  • +447031870646 (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.
  • paymentofficer1@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Coca Cola/World Cup Lottery Promotions" <Lotterynotification@lottery.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lotoclaims@walla.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:19:06 -0700
Subject: Congratulations!! Claim Your Winning.

THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
COCA-COLA/WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROMOTION.

Dear Prize Winner,

COCOA-COLA/WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROMOTION, wishes to inform you of the results of its Promotional draws held on the 23rd of June 2006 as part of our Mid Year Splash. We are happy to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our Third Category Draws.

You have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of £575,250 (Five Hundred And Seventy Five Thousand Two Hundred And Fifty Great Britain Pounds Sterling) in cash, which is the winning payout for Third Category winners. This is from the total prize money of £2,876,250 shared between 8 international winners in the category.

(i) Winning Numbers: 09, 12, 22, 39, 40, 49, 05.

(ii) Ticket Number: 44-8201-093

(iii) File Reference Number: BLP20-147-1

(iv) Lotto Batch Number: A14736

Please contact your claims agent immediately.


Find below all contact details;
MR. MCCARTHY BROWN,
PAYMENT OFFICER,
COCA-COLA/WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROMOTION.
PHONE: +44-703-1870-646
Email: paymentofficer1@katamail.com

For easy reference and identification, your lotto payment order details stated above must be provided to your claims agent.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
MR JAMES SMITH,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
COCA-COLA/WORLD CUP LOTTERY PROMOTION,
8 CHANCEL ST.,
LONDON, SE1 0UX

Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent Mr. McCarthy Brown as specified above. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY).

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam