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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447031893899 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • momj262@yahoo.com
  • femsenterprise@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kATE WESLEY <femsenterprise@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 27 Oct 2006 10:10:03 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! ! !:WINNING NOTIFICATION: FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER: FILE #,{CR/SW/AD27511444 }

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit










INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.

68 Brafield house

SW8 4UA

London



FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,

INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF:CR/SW/A-D27511444 AND BATCH NO:56/1477/LZN



ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,



RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION



We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 26th October, 2006,of winners of INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS held on the 20th of October,2006 as part of our second quarter of the year bonanza.You or your company with email address:momj262@yahoo.com attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750,with serial number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and consequently won the lottery in category A.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £4,500,000 in cash credited to file CR/SW/AD27511444 This is from total prize money of £13, 500,000.00 shared among 3 winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from 96,000 names from Middle East, Asia,Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.





CONGRATULATIONS!



Your fund is now deposited with FEMS ENTERPRISES PLC.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts

by participants of this program.



We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes £1.3billion International Lottery.





To claim your prize do not reply this mail, please contact your claims agent via the details given below for confirmation of your winning:

MR. PHILLIP Hall

FEMS ENTERPRISES PLC,

PHONE #: +447031893899

EMAIL:femsenterprise@yahoo.co.uk



For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.Remember, that the Deadline for the collection of your prize winning is fourteen (14) banking days upon receipt of this notification. After this date, all

funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to FEMS ENTERPRISES PLC either by fax or email, should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE, DIRECT PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent, should be clearly

and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE.





NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays andcomplications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences

with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.





Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.



Sincerely,



Kate Wesley.

The Promotions Manager,

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.

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