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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!

Fraud email example:

From: LINDA KLOSS <linda_claims2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:06:40 +0100 (BST)
Subject: GET INTOUCH


EUROASIA FIFA WORLDCUP ROMOTION
15/F., West Lane, New World Centre,
20 Salisbury Road,
FRANKFURK, GERMANY
Tel: +49-27022 2304
Fax: +49-27321 5577
Direct Fax: +49-23667 9101

Dear Prize Winner,

I am Ms.Linda Kloss the fiduciary agent assigned to your case. Congratulations on your recent winnings.We acknowledge receipt of your mail we have to infom you that this is real and you are truely a lucky winner.

This programme was design to encourage the use of the Internet in developing nations but presently we are for now involving all the continents in the world. Winners are normally picked from the Internet depending on the usage and also your luck is based on if you are on the Internet when our computer balloting was taking place.

The major computer companies in the world contribute to this programme with little contribution from the United Nations. Also this programme is covered by the various laws of lottery, of the United Kingdom and also of various countries of the European Union.

It is pertinent to inform you that your winning certificate and your Winning has been zoned among to be released from our payment office.

Congratulations once again from all the staffs here. In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes, Here is a copy of our verifications form, After you have sent down this information, a certificate will be prepared for you.

This is to be your proof of winning. Be advised that your winnings would be paid to you via Bank Transfer to your destination bank account.You are advised to keep your winning numbers secret to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.

Furthermore, payment of your lottery winnings would be made via the Paying Bank in Seoul South Korea transferred to your nominted bank account through our affiliated Remittance Bank. Once again, congratulations.
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This form is valid for only those who have won the EUROMILLIONS LOTTERY. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes.
NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM e.g html program, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT.
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:

Full Name:......................................................
Country:.................................................................
Residential Address:........................................................
Telephone number:..........................................................
Age:.......................................................................
Sex:.....................................................................
Occupation:.................................................................
Ref No:..........................................................................
Ticket No:..........................................................................
Amount Won:................................................................

Once again, congratulations.


Ms Linda Kloss
Co-ordinator


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