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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "global mega lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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!
• 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.
  • +31644807638 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: mega lottery <mega@megalottery.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 10:08:15 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS YOUR E- MAIL HAVE WON THE LOTTERY


GOOD NEWS YOUR E- MAIL HAVE WON THE LOTTERY
REAL EXCHANGE LOTTO PROMO
THE GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY INT.

REFERENCE NUMBER: KIY/47560460037/02.
BATCH NUMBER: 24/23519/YHI
RESULTS
FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Dear Winner,

Congratulations to you as we
bring to your notice, the results of the MEGA LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL AWARD.

We are happy to inform you that you have
emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our
promotional draws held on 19 SEPT 2006. Participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 names and email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.

Your name and e-mail address,
attached to ticket number 023-5876-790-279, with serial number 3673-10
drew the lucky numbers 43-14-42-37-69-25 and consequently won in the
First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of
800,000.00 (Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars Only), which is the winning
payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money from
2,200,000.00 shared among the six winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying -out Bank.

In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any
kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award
strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.

***********************************************
Mr Frank Williams
Email:frankwilliams10@aol.com
Tel: +31-644 807 638.
***********************************************
For easy reference and
identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember
to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your
claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: KIY/47560460037/02
BATCH NUMBER:24/23519/YHI
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely Yours.

MRS.Brigget Williams.
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam