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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:
  • "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 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.
  • +447045712589 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Harry Smith <agent_mr_harrysmith1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:48:09 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Aussie Lottery Payment Release Order Form ( Fill And Return ) === Mr Wendell Lowe


Attn: Mr Wendell Lowe,
I am Mr. Harry Smith, the fiduciary agent assigned to your case. I wish to congratulate you and to say you are a lucky person to have won this prize award.

You are required to fill the given form below to facilitate the processing of your claims and certificate which will lead to the payment of your won prize to you as required. You are also to send a copy of your International Passport or Drivers License. If you do not have any of these, you can send your National Identity Card or any other form of Identification.

Your won funds will be transfer to your local bank account by Telegraphic Bank transfer and your funds will be in your account within 48 working hours.





Upon receipt of the filled form, I will send it to the account officer for further processing and documentation of all your details information into the company central database. After all due processes, the account officer will keep you posted on the procedure to take to get your won funds remitted to your designated bank account.

Note that your won funds have been insured to its real value by the Insurance Company and no deductions of any kind can be made from your won funds.

You are hereby advised to send your Filled Form and Scanned Identification via Email. All claims procedures must be completed early to avoid disqualification.

Once again we say congratulations and hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Harry Smith,
For Mrs. Susan Hartford (Foreign operations personnel)
Phone: +44 704 571 2589
+44 704 570 4870
Fax: +44 709 288 7065


WINNER'S VERIFICATION FORM
WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA First Name: [input] *
Middle Name: [input]
Last Name: [input] *

Gender: MaleFemale

Month Of Birth: Month January Febuary March April MayJune JulyAugust September October November December
Day: Day1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Year: [input]

Marital Status: Single Married Divorced
Nationality: [input] *
Religion: [input]
Occupation: [input]

Address 1: [input] *
Address 2: [input]
City: [input] *
State/Province: [input] *
Zip Code: [input] *
Country: [input] *

Mobile phone No: [input] *
House Phone No: [input] *
Fax No: [input]
Email Address: [input] * eg. username@domainname.com

WINNING INFORMATION:
Batch Number: [input] *
Serial Numb: [input] *
Refrence Number: [input] *


FUNDS TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS:
Bank Name: [input]
Bank Address: [input]
Bank Account Number: [input]
Swift Code/IBAN: [input]
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: [input] No: [input]





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