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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "transfer into your 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 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.
  • +447040106140 (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.
  • ukwwl_agent01@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "worldwidelottery_01" <worldwidelottery_01@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 05:26:23 -0600
Subject: DEAR ONLINE CYBER LOTTERY WINNER!!!


WORLDWIDE LOTTERY, HEAD OFFICE P O BOX 11020 UNITED KINGDOM L70 (CUSTOMER-CARE SERVICES) LOTTERY
DEAR ONLINE CYBER LOTTERY WINNER!!!
We are pleased to inform you of the lottery winning result draw of 2006 WORLDWIDE LOTTERY WINNER ON WEB CYBER ONLINE LOTTERY promotion exercise held on the 20 th may 2006 as part of our yearly promotion which involve two hundred and seventy-nine million people emails participant,Out of this millions people emails paticipant on cartgory 1,2,3 nd4.
SIX people HAVE BENEFITED IN THIS PROMOTION. This give individual winner £1,285.000.(ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTFIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. This is world promotion exercised through public open computer G/STF selector Ticket, witness by chief coordinator from all part of the world. WITH YOUR BATCH-NUMBER 01/O7/3144-3, TICKET NUMBER 7546-75 & REFERENCE NUMBER NWWL/673329/011/lucky WINNING NUMBERS 16-23-99/Serial NUmber:698-75 Your name was among In this WINNING NUMBERS AND PIN CODE NUMBERS N13WWL05781E07,YOU MUST QUOTE THIS NUMBER TO YOUR PAYING BANK.

We ASK YOU TO ADVERTISE THE WORLDWIDE LOTTERY,AND as strong reliable rich creating employment and ready to prosper every body that play the game. We are ready to open our office in every city in the whole world as people are now seeing greater impact in WORLDWIDE LOTTERY dominating the area. The information on how to play the game will be send to you later if you wish to play the game. Your fund is now deposited in a finance & security House insured in your email name. Due to the amount of money involve in this your email won
lottery, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. Deduction is not allow to be remove out of the Money won, even cent is not allowed until the money get to the winners account.
YOU CAN CONTACT HIM HERE ALSO WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBERS Coordinator in different part of the world was zone to process funds for the winners. In this situation you must keep all information confidential until your money is be transfer into your account or cash & carry. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your REFERENCE CODE NUMBER 05N013WWL03781E07) and PROFILE NUMBER UKWWL0456 in every one of your correspondences with your agent
Furthermore should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Under eighteen years is disqualifying. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. TV PUBLICATION TV.AFRICA/C.N.N.TV.& B.B.C.TV.FOR YOUR INFORMATION.PAUL KIND WAS ONE OF THE SIX WINNERS TO SHARE THE LOTTO ROLLOVER EACH SCOOPING A MASSIVE £1,285.000.00.
Email:ukwwl_agent01@yahoo.com TEL+447040106140.FAX:+447005802697 CONTACT REV"D ABBEY GEORGE THE WORLDWIDE LOTTERY MANAGER) Remittance Department Government Accredited Licensed Lottery Promoters Information and Payment Bureau. London Representative Office.
YOURS SINCERLY,
MRS QUEEN LATIFA.
CORDINATOR WORLDWIDE LOTTERY HEAD OFFICE P O BOX 11020 UNITED KINGDOM L70 (CUSTOMER-CARE SERVICES DEPARTMENT)

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