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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 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.
  • smith_emesons@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MICHEAL SMITH." <smith_emesons@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:24:28 +0700
Subject: YOU HAVE WON.THANKS.

Top of Form 1
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British-Asia emails lnternational Lottery,
28 Tan Field Road,
Croydon, London.UK.
Asia representative.>>
soi 20 sukhumvit road bangkok.thailand.
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK-ASIA-9220X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today of winners of the UK -ASIA EMAILS INTERNATIONAL

LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME held Tuesday the 10TH April,2007. Your e-mail address attached to

ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky Numbers :

(02)-(03)-(05)-(08)-(23)bonus # (07) which subsequently won you the lottery in the second

category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $200,000 (Two hundred

thousand.US DOLLARS) in cash credited to KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of 4,000,000 shared amongst the twenty-one (20) lucky winners in

this category.

This year's Lottery Program Jackpot is the 2TH largest ever in the history of Europe-Asia Sweepstakes.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through

computer draw system and extracted from over 150,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies

that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asian booklet representative

office in Thailand as indicated in your playcoupon. please fill the claims form below and contact

our fiduciary agent with your complected forms with the below email address.

AGENT: MR MICHEAL SMITH.
Email: smith_emesons@yahoo.com <mailto:smith_emesons@yahoo.com>
soi 20 sukhumvit road bangkok-thailand

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER:
FULL NAME..............................................
AMOUNT WON..........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:................................
AGE..............................
OCCUPATION.......................
TEL.......................FAX................ (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL................................
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENSE.............(identification on delivery)
DATE..............................................

Our Asia agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds

as soon as you contact them with your completed form.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part

of our online promotional lottery program.

Yours sincerely.
mr john mark
Online coordinator
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DISCLAIMER:.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON YOUR PART WILL AUTHOMATICATLY DISQUALIFY YOU AS OUR BENEFICIARY.
The UK-ASIA EMAILS INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the
British-Japan-and Non Governmental Organizations based in thailand.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam