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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.
  • +447024081679 (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.
  • vanpaulpaul@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: vanpaul119@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 03:11:51 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?re?=

UK Online Lottery Result Headquarters:
10th S4 Route 559
Earthpink Towers Inc.
Manchester D40/S,
United Kingdom.
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the long awaited results
of the UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 15th of july,2006
at Uk Lotto Headquarters Manchester, UK.

Your email address was selected randomly fromofficial worldwide company's/internet
data web through online email addresses search engine with the aid of Google
prominent search.Been entered as dependent
clients email address with; Reference Serial Number:652-662 and Batch number
AT-040SB06-03.

Your email address attached to the ticket number:2752246896 that drew the
lucky winning number 2, which consequently won the online sweepstake in
the 2nd category,in four parts.You have therefore been approved for a payment
of US$500,000(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)in cash credited
tofile reference number :IPL/4249859609/WP1.

This is from a total cash prize of US$ 5 Million dollars,shared among the
first Ten (10) lucky winners in this 2nd category.

Congratulations! once more as all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 50,000(Fifty thousand) names of email users around
the world, as part of your international promotion program.Due to mixed
up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this award confidential,till
your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.

Your contact fudiciary agent is below:
Name:Mr.van Paul
E-mail:vanpaulpaul@yahoo.com
Tel+44 7024081679
Tel+44 7024081685
UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H67/B4 (keep
personal). You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate
the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the
releaseof your winnings.

PERSONAL DETAILS
1. Full Names:
2. Date of Birth:
3. Marital Status:
4. Sex:
5. Residential Address:
6. Occupation
7. Phone Number:
8. Nationality:
9.Email Address:
10.Category Number:

You are adviced to forward these informations to
your fudiciary agent as soon as possible to enable her
file out a claim for your prize winning package. Once again,
Congratulations.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Rebecca Smith
Director/LRO
UK Online International Lottery Co-ordinator

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam