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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031899901 (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.
  • powerballlotterycordinators@walla.com
  • complaintpowerballlottery@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: PowerBall International Lottery Organization
<powerballlottinter24@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:34:04 -0600
Subject: Your PowerBall Lottery Winning Notification





PowerBall Lottery Liaison Office.
12 Bridge Street
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION: PowerBall Online announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing 12 Years PowerBall Online Lottery Award of the year Held on the 9th day of June 2007 in the United Kingdom.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 085-12876077-09 with serial number 51390-0 that drew the lucky numbers of 03-06-08-10-12-16-27, which subsequently won you one of the two Jackpot prizes in the 5th category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1.000,000.00. (ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY), in cash credited to file with REF: N.EG/3662367114/13. This is from a total cash prize of 25,020.22500, shared among the twenty-five international winners in this category. The lucky numbers:





CONGRATULATIONS!!!
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the worldwide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online from Asia Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Africa, as part of our International Promotions Program. This promotion takes place Yearly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Asian booklet representative office in Asia as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $1.000,000.00, would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Asia.
To file for your claim, please contact our PowerBall Online Co-ordinator:


Name: Mr Brian Williams
Tel. Phone: +447031899901Tel. Phone: +447024053240

Email: powerballlotterycordinators@walla.com
Email: powerballlotterycordinators@walla.comProvide him with the information below:1. Name: 2. Address:3. Marital Status:4. Occupation:5. Age:6. Sex:7. Nationality:8. Country Of Residence:9. Telephone Number:10. Fax Number:11. Draw Number above:

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of identification when redeeming your winners Money i.e. Drivers license or International passport. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members and staffs of PowerBall Online Organisation.


Dr. Raymond Hisashi
Vice President
PowerBall International Lottery Organization.




Yours faithfully,Mrs Tina Akira,President PowerBall International Lottery Organization.

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to bearing PowerBall Intl. Lottery addresses, but are not from The PowerBall Lottery. PLS REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: CUSTOMER CARE/ COMPLAINTS DEPT: complaintpowerballlottery@yahoo.co.uk
LAST WINNERS OF POWER BALL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.



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