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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:
  • "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.
  • +448701308282 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447769826908

Fraud email example:

From: "Julia Harrison" <hshj@coordinatelotto.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:49:15 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION..........YOU HAVE WON.


FROM: NET ONLINE LOTTERY CORPORATION
REF NUMBER: EAASL/9410Y1/02
BATCH NUMBER: 561701-PCD03
11 QUEENS PARK ROAD,K2M 4RT
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.


WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Net Lottery Corporation programs held on the 27th of May, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5388/02 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42 which consequently won in the 3RD category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £516,778.00 (Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling only) or $921,201:00(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two hundred and one dollars only) in cash/check credited to file number NTL/34123/003.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world, the
program takes place every year. This was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities in the United Kingdom.

Please note that your winning number falls within our European booklet representative office
in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £516,778 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our 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. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please kindly provide the following Informations and send it to
our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear you as a winner. (1)FULL NAMES (2) DATE OF BIRTH (3)SEX
(4) MARITAL STATUS (5) CONTACT ADDRESS (6) PHONE NUMBERS (7)OCCUPATION

CONTCAT: MR.DAVID HUDSWORTH
Email: claimwinninngs@walla.com
Tel: +44 776 982 6908
Fax: +44 870 130 8282

Upon receipt of the duly requested datas, he shall send to you the contact information of the
paying Office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your funds.

Yours faithfully,
Ms Julia Harrison.
ONLINE SUPERVISOR

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam