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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447045727844 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Yahoo/Msn Claims Dept <zonal_verification_claimsdept1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:28:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION TO THIS MAIL


Good day to you and i received your mail, which the content was well noted. We sincerely apologised for any inconvenience this meant have cost you.
Note that the lottery offer is not a scam and it's a big embarrassment to us,because due to the scam lottery on Internet and you didn't believed that you are our lucky winner of the year 2007 and which the 500,000 pounds was awarded to you through your email address which was selected out as the winner of the 500,000 pounds.

So you are kindly advice to fill the form given to you and submit it back to us via email, so that we can process your winnings and how you can claim your winning prize from this organisation.Note that the lottery offer is not a scam and you are to contact the yahoo/msn lottery lawyer for more proof, so below is the lawyer contact.

Tom Herbert Chambers
Barrister Fred Herbert
Tel:+44 70457 27844
Email: contact@barrister-herbert.oo7.org.uk
Address: Judicial Appointments & Policy Unit, Department for Constitutional Affairs,
Selborne House, 54-60 Victoria Street, Sw1e6qw, London.

You are to cantact him with the verification information and as soon as you are in contact with him, do let me known for further purpose.

Mr. Rechard Mark.

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