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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims agent" (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.
  • +447783526280
• 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.
  • giovaniandrew@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "richard moses" <richardrichradmoses_rep@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:19:43 +0000
Subject: RE:AWARD NOTICE!!

THE CROSS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

DATE:11/08/2006

REF NUMBER:475061725

BATCH NUMBER:7056490902/188

WINNING NUMBER:GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release

on the August 22nd 2006 from the AUSTRALIA

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME,Which is fully based

on an electronic selection of winners using their

e-mail addresses,Your name was attached to ticket

number; 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002.

 

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows

5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,whichconsequently won

the lottery in the second category. you have

beenapproved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00,FIVE

HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in

cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total

cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in this

category.

 

All participant were selected through computer

balloting system drawn form Nine hundred thousand

E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United

States,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as

part of our international promotions program which is

conducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and

sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational

companies as part of their social responsibility to the

citizens in the communities where they have

operational base.

 

Further more your detail (e-mail address) falls within

our U.K representative office  as indicated in your play coupon

and your prize of US$500,000.00 will be released to

you from this regional branch office in U.K We

hope with part of your prize,you will participate in

our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion

international draw.

 

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial

agent, MR GIOAVNI ANDREW

EMAIL ADDRESS:

giovaniandrew@hotmail.com

 

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:+447783526280

 

To file for your claim.Please quote your reference,

batch and winning

number which can be found on the top left corner of

this notification as well as your full name,address

and telephone number to help locate your file easily.

 

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep

this information confidential from the public until

your claim is processed and your prize released to

you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid

double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of

this programme by non-participant or un official

personnel.

 

NOTE, all winnings must be claimed before 22nd of

August 2006; otherwise all funds will be returned as

Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity

organization.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards MAYOR MARYco-ordinator).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS

AGENT MR GIOVANI ANDREW

EMAIL;

giovaniandrew@hotmail.com

 

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: +447783526280

 

YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH ALL THE E-MAIL
ADDRESSES THAT HAVE BEEN INDICATED FOR
CLEARIFICATIONS.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

Vanessa Smith was one of our previous lucky winners in the first half of the year to share the Lotto Rollover Jackpot , each scooping a massive 400,000 DOLLARS.

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