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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")
• 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.
  • +447011127616 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • toskipuler@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uklotteryresult@mchsi.com (ALERT TEAM)
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:27:20 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON 950,000 DOLLARS

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/0
Batch: 12/25/0304
Winning #4582

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of your
selection as one of the five participants of the promotional UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY held today 5th March 2007 as part of our ANNUAL
PROMOTIONAL DRAW.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of, The value
of the amount comes to ($950, 000.00USD) Nine Hundred and fifty
thousand, United States Dollars only.To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with these informations

1.FULL NAMES:..............................
2.DATE OF BIRTH:...........................
3.SEX:.....................................
4.MARITAL STATUS:..........................
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:.........................
6.COUNTRY:.................................
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:........................
8.OCCUPATION:..............................
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY
/INDIVIDUAL:........
10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:.................
11.WINNING NUMBER:.........................
12.REF NUMBER:.............................
13.BATCH NUMBER:...........................
14.AMOUNT
WON:.............................
15.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS WINNER:..............

Name: Toski Puler.
E-mail: toskipuler@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 701 112 7616

United Kingdom.
Faithfully,
Mr. Marcel Walters
Zone Co-ordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam