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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447045714531 (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.
  • world_cup2010lottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR KEN JAMES" <info_1112@ig.com.br>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:02:22 -0700
Subject: YOU HAVE WON ONE MILLION POUNDS CONTACT (world_cup2010lottery@yahoo.co.uk)


WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY,
HEADQUARTER, UNITED KINGDOM.
=====================
Winning NO: XB3/701/LNRC
Batch NO: 905534213/255
Ref NO: 7458222754
=====================

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 200 lucky
winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the 5th of march 2007. All 200
winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000
{ONE HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 2,09,14,20,32,02
which subsequently won you the 2010 WORLD CUP LOTTO cash Prizes.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of GBP £1,
000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS)

in cash credited to Winning NO: XB3/701/LNRC.To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent:Fiduciary Agent:

..............................................
NAME :Mr. Anold Still
EMAIL: world_cup2010lottery@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: : +(44) 70457 14531
..............................................

VERIFICATION FORM.(Fill and send to the fiduciary agent)

1.FULL NAME
2.E-MAIL ADDRESS
3.FULL ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.AGE
6.OCCUPATION
7.TEL
8.COUNTRY
9.AMOUNT WON

Good luck from me and members of WORLD CUP 2010 Online International
Lottery

Sincerely,
Mr.Ken James
Promotions Manager

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam