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

Fraud email example:

From: <euromillion66@vdeckdemo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:55:45 -0700
Subject: Email Prize Award 2007.

 

Email Prize Award 2007.
C/.Isabel 45,28008. Madrid-Spain
Sir/Madam,

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting held on 25th April 2007. This is a Millennium Scientific
Computer Game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional
program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not
need
to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approve f or the star
prize of  ¬787,000,00Euros (Seven Hundred And Eighty Seven Thousand
Euros
Only).To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed
agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

Dr. Mark Burdell
Prosegur Security Firm,
Mario Cabre Sin Numero,
46820 Madrid -Spain
E-mail:infoprosegur@aim.com
Phone: +34/692511217

Ref No.ES/037/11/06/MD
Batch No: WNTO/7416/VA/ES
Lucky No: 07-13-31.54-640
Serial No: MUOTI/82536

The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you
are expected to make your claims immediately, any claim not made
before
this date will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA .

Once again congratulations !!!

Best Regards,

Mrs.Emily Simon.
Program Assistant.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam