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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (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.
  • claim_office10@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lotter winner <lot_prmss34@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <cordinator20@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:29:58 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A STAR WINNER!!!















22 Garden Close, Stamford,Lincs, PE9 2YP, LondonUnited Kingdom.
(Customer Services)WINNING NOTIFICATION:Ref: XYL /26510460037/05Batch: 24/00319/IPD
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.We happily announce to you the draw numbers 04 14 25 35 42 48 Bonus Number 37 of the BRITISH LOTTERY 6/49, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 14th of April, 2007 made the total of 318,127 people around the world lucky winners. Winning messages will be sent to all the winners in this cartigory.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over a million email addresses from the world wide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with Ticket number: 5647600545188 and Serial number: 55450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner among other consolation prize winners.

Your Email was selected as only the First Prize winner of the promotion to claim the sum of £2,703,190.00 (Two Millon seven hundred and three thousand, one hundred and ninety Great Britain pounds).
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

For you to collect your prizes, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager, Mr Williams Dickson of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent delivery of your prizes.

To file for your claim, you are to fill this form immediately and submit to our fiduciary agent via email:


Mr Williams Dickson
Email:claim_office10@yahoo.com




VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM


Make Sure this Verification and Funds Release Form is sent to theFiduciary agent for quick verification and funds release purpose.

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________2.ADDRESS:_________________________________________________________________________________________3.SEX:_______________4.AGE:________5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.WINNING EMAIL ADDRESS:_________________________8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________10.AMOUNT WON:_______________________________11. STATE:__________________________________12. COUNTRY________________________________





Sincerely Yours,



Mr Williams DicksonINTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Sir.Richard K. Lloyd.Online coordinator forBRITISH LOTTERY 6/49









Congratulations once more,












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