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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states 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.
  • +447092879581 (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.
  • ukclaimofficeu@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPT" <ukclaim012@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 00:02:25 -1100
Subject:

EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
BONANZA 2006!!!
This is to Notify you of the release of the lottery winning, held on the
7th of June , 2006.
Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 10th of June
, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 7-1-8-36-4-22 under
agent ID: 18 and lucky ball number 7363789,which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.


You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum payout of 860,641.28 Great
British Pounds(GBP) which amounts to $1,500,000.00 (One Million,Five Hundred
Thousand United States DOLLARS) in cash, drawn in your favor, as the soul
beneficiary and covered with the highest level of Insurance policy called
the IRREVOCABLE GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT BOND.
Due to mix up of some names and winning number, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until
your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you, in your
perspective country. Because this is part of our new security protocol to
avoid double claiming and forgery of winners identity in this program by
some unscrupulous persons.

This lottery was organized by an association of software manufacturers who
came together from all parts of europe including Great Britain,Spain,The
Netherlands and Belgium which are the major host countries.All participants
were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot draw system, were we
extracted over 20,000.00 companies
and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
To begin your lottery claim, please contact your Fudiciary agent below that
has been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address
below:

Mr.David Ben
Email:ukclaimofficeu@yahoo.com.cn
Tel nos:+44-795-516-7964
FAX :+44-709-287-9581
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER in all correspondence.

Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than 1
week (7 days) of their winning notification.
Winners are to contacts us to confirm thier winning through the phone
number displayed before sending an email.This is done to aviod forgery and
impersonation of winners information and ticket number.
This is also to inform winners that there are so many email letter all over
the internet faking to be real, so be warrned!!!
Note: That you are to respond to all the necessary procedure involved in
collecting your prize ,and if you are not interested in claiming your
prize,you are advised to draft this office your REFUSAL LETTER indicating
that you are not interested in your winning prize and it should be used for
the next stake.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as
soon as possible.
The online promotion lottery company is proudly sponsored by a group of
succesfull bussiness men all over the world.
Internet draw is held once in a year and it is organized, because we want
to encourage the use of Internet around the globe and we are beginning this
year with this $1,500,000.00 as it is like a WELCOME TO 2006.

And we are proud to say that over 50 Million DOLLARS are won annually in
more than 150 countries worldwide.

We wish you a hearthy congratulation once again.

Your Sincerely,
Mrs.Becky Owen
For Management
NOTE: ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF ANY WINNER WILL RESULT
TO DISQUALIFICATION!








OUR Executives:
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr.
Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James
Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson
(Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr.
Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).

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