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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:

• 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: "JOHNSON JOHN" <euroafro_johnson123@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 08:44:53 +0000
Subject: My Dear(Requirements for your Payment Processing)

My Dear

We are in response of the winning notification sent to you and i want to
assure you that it is real,do not have any doubt but rather you should be
grateful to God and begin to count your blessings.

As you must have been informed,email addresses was randomly selected and
your email was among the ten lucky winners of this year's promo.All you are
required to do now,is to forward to us the following required informations
as spelt out below:

1.Your full names and address

2.Your telephone and fax numbers

3.Copy of your driving license or international passport for your
identification

4.Your account information where you would want your winning paid into.

As soon as we receive the above and it is verified,your winning certificate
will be issued to you and your payment processing will commence
immediately.An immediate response is awaited.

Congratulations.

Mr Johnson John

NB:You will expected to donate 1% of your winning to any charity home of
your choice within your place of abode

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