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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:

• 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.
  • +447011146801 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINE LOTTERY DRAWS <lottery_agentonclaim@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 22:51:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} DEAR WINNER




Dear winner,
This is the British Online Lottery Draws. This email lottery programme is been held every month by an electronic draws. Email address are been collected from different email providers as participants. Your Email address emarged as one of our lottery winners that was why you received the winning notification.

You to to fill and send back to us the winning verification form required for your winning verification process and for documentation.

VERIFICATION/PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM
1.FULL NAMES:_______
2.RECENT ADDRESS:________
3.SEX:__________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________
6.OCCUPATION:___________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:___________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_____________
10. COUNTRY:____________


MR. FLAIR COOKER
Tel: +44 70111 46801
BOL COMPANY.


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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam