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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")
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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 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.
  • agentmrscarolineneill007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "winninginfo22@terra.es" <winninginfo22@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:35:59 +0100 (MET)
Subject: HELLO


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
KROPAAR STRAAT 34, 1032LA, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Ref. Number: NM/BC64367/KY23
Batch Number: NM/34w45/WOP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of your selection as one of the Three
winners of the promotional Europw Lotto Sweepstakes held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500.000 Euros {One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Euros Only}

We in the EuroPw Lotto Plus International Promotions is by this programme,Launching our model
computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the
ever-growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. With funds accrued
exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record
time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails all
participants were selected through a computer ballot system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada,
Europe, USA and South America as part our International Promotions Program, which was conducted in
view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide and zoning all participants by
their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you
have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw.In other to claim your prize, you will have to
fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then you will be informed on how
your Cashier's Check for 1,500.000 has already been deposited with your email contact.

PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL
NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
10.AMOUNT WON:____________________________________
11. COUNTRY________________________________

Please you are advised to complete the form and send back to us for
prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are
below 18 years of age.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the
individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged,
proprietary,confidential and
exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any
dissemination,distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited,

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent

Online coordinator

MRS CAROLINE NEILL

EMAIL: agentmrscarolineneill007@yahoo.co.uk






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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam