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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • +447011147858 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: NICHOLAS WILLIAMS <agentwilliams_nicholas@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:53:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM




The National Lottery
EURO MILLIONS PROMO/PRIZE DEPARMENT
Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1,
Ireland(Customer Services)
Ref: IR/9420X2/69
Batch: 074/05/ZY368

Dear Winner,

Compliment of the season to you!!!

We have written to Notify you that you are one of our Lucky winner from the New Year Online Raffle Draw Bonus we had .For us to Verify for your winnings you need to fill and submit your Claims Release verification form as soon as possible so that your Fund can get to you as soon as possible.

It was quite Fortunate of you for being selected from our online raffle draw,email addresses was supplied to us by the World wide Web Microsoft in order to promote the use of internet both in developed and developing countries.It was during this draw that your Email address was selected and this brought you this good Fortune that you are about to claim .

Congratulations once again,You are now bonafide winner of One Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro (1,350,000 EURO) from the Irish Gaming Board, The Official Sponsor of the Irish National Lottery.

To continue the Verification of your winnings, You are expected to fill in the form as below and submit via email to this same email account.

We Hope to hear from you soonest.


(A) Payment Processing Form
Ref Number:
Ticket Number:
Serial Number:
(B) Details Of Beneficiary
1.Full Names: (Surname First):
2.Address:
3.Country:
4.Telephone:
5.Gender:male
6.Marital Status:
7.Age:
8.Occupation:
9.Email Address:
10.Amount Won:

NB:For instant payment,this above form most be filled and sent to the IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY Claims Agent.

Mark O'Meara

Telephone:+44-7011147858


(C) OFFICIAL DECLARATION
(Please type Your Name and today's Date Under the Declaration Below)

I HEREBY DECLARE I AM THE BONAFIDE OWNER/USER OF THE WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS ,THAT THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE ARE VALID,THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY NOR HAS ANY OF MY RELATIVES FILED A CLAIM ON MY BEHALF.I HEREBY GIVE AUTHORISATION FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MY PRIZE WITH THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOVE.

Jarrod Watts 13/01/07

Cc
National Gambling Board
Royal High Court Of London
Metropolitan Police Of London
Federal Bereau Of Investigation (FBI)
Microsoft Corporation.

Copyright 1994-2007 The Irish National Lottery Inc

Note: Please keep this Transaction Confidential until your winnings gets to you.

We aren't in need of your banking details.





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