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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Lottery National <agentwilliams_mail03@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:37:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERIFICATION FORM


Dear Winner,
It is true that you have won our lottery all you have to do now is fill the form and send it back to us for proper verification.


VERIFICATION FORM

Dear Winner:
we need your particulars for record purposes. Here is a copy of
our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings

1. FULL NAMES:
2. DATE OF BIRTH
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
7.OCCUPATION:
9.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:
10.WINNING NUMBER:
11.COUNTRY:

Upon reciept of the duly requested data, i`ll send you the contact
information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you
deem fit.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program


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