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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!
• 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.
  • claimsagent_carpenter07@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: MSW PROMO <infopromo-msw@web.de>
Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:31:14 +0200
Subject: Microsoft Award Promo


Microsoft Award Promo
43 Wilson Ave, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom,
Ref: BTD/876/03
Batch: 653978E Dear Winner,
The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully
organised a Sweepstakes marking this year 2007 anniversary we rolled
out over
£10,000.000.00 (Ten million Great Britain Pounds) for this year
Anniversary Draws.
The selection was made randomly from World Wide Web site through a
computer draw system extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies,
attaching email addresses to ticket numbers.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number
005493262748 with serial numbers BTD/890578302/04 and drew the lucky
numbers 15-22-27-38-40-47(20) which subsequently won you £1,000,000.00
(One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw.
contact your agent on how to claim your prize Name: MR. DAVID CARPENTER
Email :claimsagent_carpenter07@yahoo.co.uk Sincerely,
Mrs Susan Miller
Microsoft Promotion Team



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