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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447767822858
• 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.
  • janthony.deltasecltd@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JANE JENSEN" <jane.jensen_uklotto@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:48:54 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOU ARE WINNER OF UK LOTTO

INTERNATIONAL LOTTO UK .
IL 9001 SANGRIHAM COURT,
ABINGER GROVE,
SE45TS.


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF:EE/EGS/16-DD2751144 AND BATCH NO:53/1014/NBM.

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today 20th of
FEBRUARY, 2007, of winners of THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO PROGRAMS held on the 30th of DECEMBER, 2006 as part of our FIRST QUARTER of the year bonanza.

You or your company, attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750, with
serial number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and
consequently won the lottery in category B.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000
in cash credited to file REF:EE/EGS/16-DD2751144

This is from total prize money of US$12,500,000.00 shared among 5
winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn from 96,000 names from Middle East, Asia,
Africa, Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with DELTASEC LTD UK, a security
House insured in your name. Due to the 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 to your account. This
is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent;

MR JOHN ANTHONY
DELTASEC LTD,UK
LONDON ,
DIRECT LINE: +44 -7767822858
EMAIL: janthony.deltasecltd@hotmail.co.uk




for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice.

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than 7th of
March, 2007. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.
All correspondences to MR.LAWRENCE SMITH, either by fax or email,
should have this EMAIL sent along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is
sent, should be clearly and BOLDLY WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with your
claims agent.

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.

Sincerely,

JANE JENSEN.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
THE INTERNATIONAL LOTTO uk .

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam