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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +447031838690 (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.
  • accu_prom1@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATI <accu_prom1@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:10:04 +0200
Subject: ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION




MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD


FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 Southampton Row,
Bloomsbury London United Kingdom WC1B 4AR.

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM
ATTENTION:
RESULT CONFIRMATION MLTT/MTU/2006ETN FOR REF. NUMBER MCS/231OXI/04

Congratulations! You are among the ten (10) randomly selected for the year draws held in United Kingdom. Selection was made using special software to generate valid email addresses at random from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world. All facilities and computer software were tested by Statisticians.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5224652456UT with serial number 5388/02, batch number 12L/2006/04, lottery ref number MCS/231OXI/04 and drew lucky numbers 06 - 13 - 17 - 23 -32 - 43 bonus ball 49 ! which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
Apparently, 10 individual email addresses were selected to received from a total cash prize of 8.5 million pounds. You have therefore been approved for the total sum of 550,000 Pounds(Five hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) in cash credited to file MLTT/MTU/2006ETN.
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Please read and follow all enclosed instructions very carefully. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security Protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. You are to contact your fiduciary agent for further instruction on the prize/payment schedule.
To file for your claim, please contact your Fudiciary agent:
Dr Richard Johnson
TEL NUMBER: +44 703 183 8690
FAX NUMBER: +44 703 183 8690
E-mail: accu_prom1@yahoo.com.hk
This informations are very important so as to ensure proper verification and processing from our Verification Desk.

Remember, All winning must be claimed not later than 21 days of receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed,funds will be included in the next stake.As part of our security protocol you are to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence to your claims agent.THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM.

Congratulations once more from our members and staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note that you must contact your fiduciary agent within one week of receipt of this notice.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,
MRS. MARGARET SPENCER
Co-coordinator
Verification Unit

Past winners.

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