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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.

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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • +31643632035 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • dayzersworldlink@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dayzersworldlink@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: n.dayzers2007lotto1@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:09:17 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?!!!!!CONGRATULATION!!!!_=C2=A0_=C2=A0_=C2=A0_=C2=A0_?=


!!!!!CONGRATULATION!!!!
N:B: All Replies To: Email: dayzersworldlink@yahoo.co.uk
EMAIL AWARD!!! CONTACT OUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
PALEISSTRAAT 5/2514 JA, THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS.
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting held on the 11TH of June,2007.This is a Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; Meaning, you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. Your email account have been picked as one of the ten winning email address in 2007.Therefore you have been approve for the star prize of US ($1,000,000.00)(One Million United State Dollars Only).With the underlisted winning details:-
Ref No:-EMSL/2007/JAN.
Ticket No:- TWMT/1800/80
Lucky No:- 07-13-31/54-64
Ser ial No - MUO TI/82536
S c f No:- G1/ T44/67450
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies to promote the use of internet around the World To file and claim your winning contact your claim agent:
****************************************************
AGENT: Mr Smith Van Gerald.
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,Netherlands Claims Processing Lottery Agent.
Email: dayzersworldlink@aim.com
Email: dayzersworldlink@yahoo.co.uk
TEL; +31-643-632-035, FAX: +31-847-276-615
******************************************************
Please quote your reference, batch and winning numbers which as well your full name, address and telephone number.We advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficia l personnel.
Note, All winnings must be claimed within 30 days from this notification other wise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed.
Do fill out the claims form to Mr Smith Van Gerald. in other to process the claims of your prize without delay.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM:
1.FULL NAMES:_____________________
2.ADDRESS:________________________
3.SEX:_____________________________
4.AGE:____________________________
5.MARITAL STATUS:________________
6.OCCUPATION:____________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:____________
9.AMOUNT WON:__________________
10. COUNTRY______________________
Congratulations once again from all our staffs, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Tonia Van Smith,
Online co-Coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam