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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031914683 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348023738981 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mrgeorgeanderson01@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "George Anderson" <mrgeorgeanderson01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:23:59 -0500
Subject: Re: Urgent Mr. Barrett Nadelgen

 

 

 

 

 

Attn : Barrett Nadelgen,

What is happening my dear friend about your prize.you don't want to fill up the form which was given to the by the Uk National Lottery Board for you to fill up so that we can ascertain the fact that you are the bonafide winner of this Prize.

I will advice you for the last time to fill up this form or else your prize will be taken away from you and also you will be dimmed no fit for this prize.

Get back as soon as possible,

Mr George

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From:  Barrett Nadelgen <nadelgenbarrett76@mozartmail.info>
Reply-To:  nadelgenbarrett76@mozartmail.info
To:  mrgeorgeanderson01@hotmail.com
Subject:  Re:{Spam?} Mr. Barrett Nadelgen Get Back to Our Agent
Date:  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:00:29 +0100
>
>Dear Sir,
>
>I apologise but my English writing is not so very great.
>
>To be honest I am not sure you are aware of me but I have been told to get in touch with you regarding a personal and essential issue. Can you please peruse the attached email carefully and tell me whether you are indeed the right person to do this work for me? I am just a little perplexed.
>
>Mr Barrett Nadelgen
>
>--- Forwarded email ---
>Attn : Mr. Barrett Nadelgen,
>   =20
>   I would like to congratulate you once again for winning the Uk National=
>  Lottery Sweepstake which was done on the 25th of Sep. 2006.
>  =20
>I would like to you to proceed further into filling the form which was in=
>closed in the congratulatory message sent to you earlier so that we can m=
>ove into the next step of getting to present your certificates and docume=
>nted proof of winning this Prize.
>   =20
>   Once again i have to say that this programm is not part of any country =
>and is only done in continents for the sake of world peace.
>   =20
>   I would like to put down below the form for you to fill out and submit =
>as soon as possible to our agent in the African region so he can proceed =
>further on telling you what to do as to collect your prize and also i hav=
>e to tell you that you need answers to any question regarding this progra=
>mm call me on my personal phone number at the end of this message it is t=
>here so i can answer some of your questions and also talk to you.
>   =20
>   This are the informations of our Africa Lottery Fiduciary agent :
>   Mr George Anderson
>mrgeorgeanderson01@hotmail.com
>+2348023738981
>   =20
>   =20
>   =20
>   CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM
>   =20
>   FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................
>   =20
>   CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................
>   =20
>   CITY/STATE:.......................................
>   =20
>   COUNTRY:..........................................
>   =20
>   NATIONALITY:......................................
>   =20
>   SEX:.......................AGE:...................
>   =20
>   MARITAL STATUS...................................
>   =20
>   TEL NO:...........................................
>   =20
>   NEXT OF KIN:......................................
>   =20
>   ANNUAL INCOME:....................................
>  =20
>AMOUNT WON:.......................................
>   =20
>   REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............
>   =20
>   LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............
>   =20
>   SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........
>   =20
>   =20
>  =20
>=20
>   I will be expecting a message from you as soon as possible.
>   =20
>   Regards,
>   =20
>   Mr Dale Micheals
>+447031914683
>
>   =09
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