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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:
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +447045710545 (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.
  • richardlotteryclaimdept12@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY" <lottof6@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: richardlotteryclaimdept7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:33:41 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION WINNER!!!

The British National Lottery
P O Box 1010
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
(Customer Services)

Ref Number: UK/9420X/05
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Ticket number: 56475600545 188
Lucky Numbers: 05,06,17,20,28,42 (Bonus33)

Attn: Lucky Winner

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £1,200,000.00 (One Million Two Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) held on the 22nd of October 2007. in London Uk.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from which you were selected.

The British National Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board.To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary claims department for more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize.

Mr. Richard Carpenter,
Tel: +44 704-571-0545
Email: richardlotteryclaimdept12@yahoo.co.uk

Contact him by sending him with the underlisted informations

Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full------------------------------
2.Address---------------------------------
3.Nationality-------------------------------
4.Age-------------------------------------
5.Sex-------------------------------------
6.Occupation------------------------------
7.Phone/Fax------------------------------
8.Present Country------------------------
9.Date You Received This Notification-----------

Regards
Mrs. Stella Ellis
(Group Coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam