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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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!
• 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.
  • mailconsult@mail.vu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@l999.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:28:48 +0100 (CET)
Subject: COMPLIMENT


E- KINO LOTERIAL






WINNERS NOTIFICATION:
LOTERIA CL
C\ Don Jaime I nº11 2º
50.003 Zaragoza
Telephone: +34 91 59 56 07
Fax: +34 91 59 56 78
Website: http://www.loteria.cl

Date: 09.01.07.

NEW YEAR BONANZA


WINNING NOTICE

We gladly wish to inform you of the International draws of the Kino
Loterial Draw held on the 30TH of December 2006 You alongwith 10 others were selected winners under draws A30 in our 1st Bi annual program which feature’s yearly.

However your e-mail address attached to ticket number 45-02-93-61 with
serial numbers 738-JY drew the lucky numbers 5-33-37-38-40-49 and
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd Category

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Please be informed that all participants in this lottery program have
been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over
500,000 companies and 50,000,000 individual e-mail addresses.

Your funds are now deposited with a Finance and Security House who act
as our official agents to facilitate the payment of claims to winners.

However due to a possible 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. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program. To begin your claim,please contact the claims agent the sole representative assigned with the verification of any emergent winner.

Therefore all protocols laid down by them (the finance firm) must be followed to facilitate your claims:

CONTACT: Mr. LUIS Garcia
CLIENT: SERVICE MANAGER,
Email: mailconsult@mail.vu

Also find all other relevant winning lottery
Information below:

Ref No: DKL/9318046 Batch: 52630/729//06.
Draw No: DKL-4/028.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$650,000.00 (Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file with Ref No: DKL/5935.

For due processing and remittance of your prize money, remember that you must contact your claim agent not later than 23 January, 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE:

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, 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 again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
Promotions program. Please do not reply to this email address.

Sincerely,

Ana Lorenzo.

The Promotions Manager

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam