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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +31626556384 (Netherlands, 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.
  • info2eurotrustbv@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: vanderk@vvanderk8.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:30:05 +0100 (CET)
Subject: MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION.


MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION.
FROM:THE MICROSOFT AND STAATSLOTERIJ INTERNATIONAL.
ELECTRONIC EMAIL PROMOTIONAL PRIZE AWARD.
PROMOTING INTERNET USERS OVER THE GLOBE.
ATTN: DEAR WINNER,
FORWARD YOUR DETAILS TO OUR CLAIM AGENT.
Congratulations to you, as we bring to your notice,the results of the Second Category draws of MICROSOFT EMAIL PROMOTION.We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the second Category, which is part of our promotional draws.The draws are officially announced on Monday 27th of Nov 2006.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.
Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won in the Second Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of US$500.000,00(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only), which is the winning payout for Category 'B' winners. This is from the total prize money from 2,500,000 shared among the Seven (7) International winners in this category. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
In your best interest to avoid 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/non participants of this program.
Note: For easy reference and identification,find below your Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: ETAUK/2031/8161/06
BATCH NUMBER: 15/051/IPD
Please contact the fiduciary agent EURO TRUST ACCREDITED AGENT BV,immediately with your winning informations for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.
To file for your claim,contact them through the email or telephone number below.
***********************************************
Contact Person:MR.JAN DUKE ROGAN, Foreign Operation Manager.
Tel: +31-626-556-384
Fax: +31-847-306-828
Email:info2eurotrustbv@aim.com
***********************************************
You will be given a verifications form to complete and return same to our Agent whose details will be given after you have confirmed the receipt of this winning notification.He will thereafter forward claims to any one of our appointed financial trustees.You are advised to initiate contact with our agent within two weeks of the receipt of this mail. Any prize whose collection is not initiated within the stipulated time will be deemed unclaimed.
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Sandra Vanderk
Online Co-ordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam