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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447075009658 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447731157560
• 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.
  • richardpurkhardt@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "angelamoore@zonai.com" <angelamoore@zonai.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:50:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Winning Notification!

FREELOTTO®
P O Box 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369
RE :WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the FREELOTTO,online Sweepstakes
International program held on 17th August, 2006. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:7-20-22-23-34-37 -38, which subsequently won you the lottery in the
1st category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £9,009,105
shared amongst the (15) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion
takes place weekly.
Please, note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To claim your prize,you will
have to complete a
Claim Form from and send to our fiduciary agent and give proof of your
identity(a copy of your international passport or driver's licence).
You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this
notice. Please, find full contact details below:
Mr. Richard Purkhardt
Email: richardpurkhardt@sify.com
Telephone line: +44 773 115 7560
Fax Lines : +44 707 500 9658
Congratulations from me and members of staff of the FREELOTTO®

Yours faithfully,

Angela Moore.

Online coordinator for FREELOTTO®
Sweepstakes International Program (www.freelotto.com)
Copyright © 1994-2006 The Freelotto Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

Dear Winner,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. Please, complete the claim
form below and send to the agent for processing and validation.
VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________

___________________________________________
13. COUNTRY________________________________

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