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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • ",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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "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.
  • +31619703774 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • awards.dept@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AWARD AGENCY" <admin@awardagency.gov.org>
Reply-To: awards.dept@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:48:52 +0200
Subject: YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT HAS WON






>FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD
DEPT.
*Ref Number: PW EH 9590 OG 0612
*Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2007
*Ticket Number:PA 3502 /8707-01
*Amount Won: USD$2,500,000.00.
Attn: Lucky Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNERS ONLY
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final
annual
draw of our Lottery International Programs.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive
list of 25,000,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked
by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address
emerged as a winner in the
category "A" with the following numbers attached Ref Number:
EH 9590 OG 0612,
Batch Number: 563881545-NL/2007 and Ticket Number: PA 3502
/8707-01.
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00.
(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
>from the total payout.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!. Your prize award has been insured with
your e-mail address and
will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements,
statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To file
in for the processing
of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our
certified and accredited
claims agent for category "A" winners with the information
below:
***********************************************
CLAIMS AGENT
Name : Charles Persy
Tel: +31 619 703 774
Fax: +31 616 937 546
Email : awards.dept@yahoo.de
***********************************************
You are advised to provide him with the following
information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Age:
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days,
thereafter unclaimed
funds would be included in the next stake.
Remember to quote your reference information in all
correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information confidential,
especially your reference and
ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double
claims will not be entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not
allowed to participate in this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part
of our lottery promotional program.
Yours Faithfully,
Hardley Van Brandon,
Award Co-ordinator.
Thank you and congratulations!!!

***This email may contain information which is confidential
and/or privileged.
The information is intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity named above.
If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any
disclosure, copying, distribution
or use of the contents is Prohibited. If you have received
this electronic transmission in error,
please notify the sender by telephone or return email and
delete the material from your computer
***CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam