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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Mock Cadex <m_cadex@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:17:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: APPLICATION FOR CLAIM FORM TO BE FILLED!!!!


Dear Winner ,

We write to acknowledge receipt of your mail to us,
and we are happy to inform you that your winning file
via e-mail address: < AlaFoe462@VICTIMADDRESS >, which won
in the second category of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS has been forwarded to us. You
have actually been chosen as one of the lucky winners.
In this regards you have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of One Million Pounds Sterling in
cash credited to file REF NO: UK010105JAN. PLEASE
QUOTE THIS REF NO: UK010105JAN in your future
correspondence with us. In furtherance of our
statutory duties thereof as CLAIMS AGENTS to THE
NATIONAL LOTTERY, we have been mandated to process and
effect the release of your winning claim. In this
regards you are required to forward immediately to our
office an APPLICATION FOR CLAIM, a copy has been
attached along with this mail, please fill into it all
the relevant information and send to my email address
or by fax.


APPLICATION FOR CLAIM FORM:

FULL NAMES:………………………………………………….

COUNTRY:.........................................

STATE/CITY/ZIP:…………………………...............

POSTAL/STREET ADDRESS:……………………………….

DATE OF BIRTH.......................

SEX:……………………………………..

OCCUPATION.............................

TELEPHONE:……………………………………

FAX:………………………………

YOUR WINNING PARTICULARS:

FILE REF NUMBER............................

SERIAL NUMBER........................

TICKET NUMBER......................

LUCKY NUMBER:………………………..

AMOUNT WON:…………………………

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS:………………………………..

BEST REGARDS
MOCK CADEX
CLAIMS AGENT
TEL :0044-703-194-5288.


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