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

Fraud email example:

From: euromillionwinners01@mchsi.com
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:05:36 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION***EMAIL ONLINE AWARD WINNERS NOTIFICATION***



--
EURO-MILLIONS
Watford, Head Office and Regional
Centre Euro-Millions,
Tolpits Lane, Watford, Herts,
WD18 9RN
U.K.

PRIZE AND AWARD NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of
the announcement today of winners
of
the MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO WINNINGS
PROGRAMS held today, You have
therefore been approved for a lump
sum pay out of £420, 000.00 in cash
credited to file.
To claim your winning prize, you
must first contact the claims
department by email for processing
and remittance of your
prize money to you.

The claims officer contact email
is:
File Processing Officer
Mr.Dickson Morgan
EUROMILLIONS
United Kingdom
Email:dicksonmorg@yahoo.co.uk

You are required to forward the
following details via email to
processing officer:

[FULL NAME OF WINNER]:
[NATIONALITY]:
[PRESENT LOCATION]:
[DATE OF BIRTH]:
[SEX]:femenino
[OCCUPATION]:
[WINNING EMAIL]:
[TEL & FAX]:

Sincerely,
Mr.Dickson Morgan
Euro Millions.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam