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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)
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447024083324 (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.
  • wood.peter11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: steven.allen18@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:06:45 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION?=


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
THE SUN LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY, HEADQUARTERS:10 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON WC2N 5BX, THE UNITED KINGDOM.

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a Cash prize of £1,500,000.00
GBP (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds)in our International
program which was held in July, 2007 in London UK.The selection process
was carried out through a random selection in our computerized Email Selection
System (ESS) from a database of over 500,000 email addresses drawn from
all the continents of the world.
This sun Lottery promotion is approved by the British Gaming Board and
also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators(IAGR).
This promotional sun lottery is the tenth of its kind and we intend to sensitize
the public.
Contact your Claims Officer through our accredited Prize Transferagents
as stated below:
Mr.Peter Wood 25 Atlantic Avenue, London,NW4
United Kingdom Email:wood.peter11@gmail.com
Tel;+447024083324...
When contacting him, please provide him with your secret Pin CodeTY7448500
and your Reference Number 799BV90. You are also advised to provide him with
the under-listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:
1.Full Name:.................
2.Address:................
3.Nationality:................
4. Age:......................
5. Sex:.........................
6.Occupation:...................
7. Phone/Fax:...................
8. Present Country:..............

Regards
Mr. Steven Allen.
Lottery Manager

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam