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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 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.
  • larryhecher01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Irish Web Lottery <irish@lotteryirish1.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:01:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: OUR ESTEEMED WINNER,CONGRATULATIONS









IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED
IRISH WEB LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF (Registration Z720633X).
The Irish Lottery
47 Meadow Vale,
Sligo, Ireland.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8162/05
Batch: R4/A312-53
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International Program held on MONDAY 4'ND OF SEPTEMBER, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600547 191 with Serial number 5368/08 drew the lucky number: 11-29-33-38-40-42-36, which subsequently won the LOTTO.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,521,695 Euros (One Million Five Hundred And Twenty One Thousand, Six Hundred And Nintyfive Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07 of Irish Lottery.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000unions, 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 Europeas indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 1,521,695 Euros (One million, Five Hundred And Twenty One Thaousand, Six Hundred And Nintyfive Euros) would be released to you by any of our payment offices! in Europe(UK).
*********************************************************
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
PLEASE FILL UP THE VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND TO MR LARRY HECHER VIA EMAIL FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO PROCESS YOUR CLAIMS.
Mr Larry Hecher
mail: larryhecher01@yahoo.com
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:
TEL NO:
NEXT OF KIN:
LUCKY NUMBERS:


It has come to our attention that members of the public have received correspondence by e-mail or letter purporting to come from the Irish National Lottery advising them that they have won a substantial amount of money. Such correspondence often requests the addressee's personal and bank details. The Irish National Lottery never notifies prize winners in this manner. To win and claim a prize in the Irish National Lottery you must be in possession of a prize winning Verification form of Claims.
You are advised not to respond to any such correspondence.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential untill your claims are 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. Please be warned.
*********************************************************
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.
Yours faithfully,

......................
MR BRAIN HUNT.
Online coordinator,
For: IRISH ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.

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