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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • garry1desmond@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Garry Desmond" <garry2desmond@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: garry1desmond@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:52:36 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification Department

Your E-mail address has won you US$4.6M
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
TICKET FREE/ONLINE E-MAIL ADDRESS WINNINGS DEPARTMENT.

If you are the correct owner of this email address
then be glad this day as the result of the UK lotto
free ticket online e-mail address winning draws and
sweepstakes held in DUBAI-UNITED ARAB EMIRATE on the
9th of APril 2007 has just been released and we are
glad to announce to you that your e-mail address has
won you the free ticket online lottery in the first
winning category and you are entitled to claim the sum
of US$4.6M.

Your email addresses was entered for the online draw
on this Free Ticket Number: APP236566301307 and won on
this Lucky Number: MX014926583. All winners cheque are
certified cashiers and are cashable in any bank of any
country.

For your won prize certified cashiers cheque
redemption contact the Courier Company incharge of all
winners cheque delivery on the below information:

Address: Naif Road Dubai, U.A.E
Email:garry1desmond@yahoo.com
Contact Man: Garry Desmond.
Direct telephone:+971-50-7485166.

You will be expected to contact the garry desmond
U.A.E with the below winning claims information:-

Your country, complete official names, address, amount
won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date/venue of
draw, contact telephone, mobile and fax numbers, sex,
age, occupation and job title.

Goodluck.
Winning Notification Department,
UK LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.

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