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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.
  • +447031926837 (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.
  • clauwilliams@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "nul004" <nul004@canada.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:08:10 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON REF No: EGS/2251256003/02

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF No: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH No :14/0017/1PD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE:
POWERBALL LOTTERY. BV
POWER BALL LOTTERY E-WHEEL E-GAME 2006.


Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and
Co Sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially
bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 25TH
July 2006 POWERBALL LOTTO -Wheel E-game which was conducted
at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED
KINGDOM.

Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME
to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing
this, the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet
for academic and business pursuits. Its major aim is to
promote music, theater, art,literature,projects in the
social and political arena with a focus on health, as well
as science, research, and higher education.


We wish to announce to you the results of the E-mail address
ballot lottery international program by Great Britain. Your
email account have been picked as a winner of £528,000.00
This results is now released, your email address attached to
Draw 1034 01 July 2006 Jackpot 04-09-10-19-24-37 Bonus ball
28 participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from Microsoft users from company and
individual email addresses users. Be advice to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of your
winning.
All winning must be claimed not later than One Week of
Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
returned to European Union Treasury as Unclaimed.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
number in all correspondence. You are therefore advised to
give the following information's to your claims agent listed
bellow:

Name: Mr. Clau Williams,
Due Process Unit,Manager,
Power Ball Lottery.
Email: clauwilliams@hotmail.co.uk
Tel: +44-703-192-6837.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part
of email account users program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Cathy Jones,
Lotto Co-Ordinator.
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This email and its attachments are confidential and intended
for the exclusive use of the addressee(s).This email and its
attachments may also be privileged or protected by legal
rules. If you have received this by mistake please let us
know by reply immediately and destroy the email and its
attachments without reading, copying or forwarding the
contents.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam