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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")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • drtbrown01@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Royal Home Electronics" <rhomelectronic27@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:45:10 +0000
Subject: "Congratulations" Royal Home Electronics winner

Royal Home Electronic Lotto Gaming Commission
Customer Service
Ref: IPL/4249859609/WP1
Batch: AT-040SB06-03

FINAL AWARD RESULTS:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Royal Home Electronic
International Lottery Sweepstake Online Lottery International programs held
on the 19th of

March 2007 in UNITED KINGDOM.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
2752246896 with Serial number 652-662 drew the lucky
numbers:16-4-13-24-46-2,

which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00
(Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total
cash prize of US 25 Million dollars,shared among the first Ten (10) lucky
winners in

this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.This

promotion takes place annually Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our West African booklet representative office in Africa as
indicated

in your play coupon.In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our
payment

office in Africa. Our African agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever

manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by
some

unscrupulous elements.Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Name: Dr Thomas Brown
E-mail: drtbrown01@yahoo.fr



He is your Fiduciary agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer
of your winnings to you.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H67/B4 (keep personal).You are required
to forward the following details to help facilitate the processing of your

claims and certificate which will facilitate the release of your winnings.

1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
10.Your Reference/Batch Numbers:

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote the above
information in any correspondences with us or our delivery firm.
Congratulations once

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

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Natasha Willophy
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR
FOR Royal Home Electronic Lotto Gaming Commission

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. This is a computer-generated message.Please do not reply
to

this mail since we will be unable to answer these replies. Contact your WEST
AFRICA fiduciary agent by email or phone.

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