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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024096937 (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.
  • internetwinnings07@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Contacting Winning <contacting.winning@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:49:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! BRENDA YOU'VE WON $800,000 USD


You won $800,000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you! Messenger


CONGRATULATIONS!!!


YOU WON $800,000
YOUR ADDRESS HAS WON




Today, your account is randomly selected as one of 10 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from us as YAHOO! Mail gives internet users random cash prizes.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize cash of (Eigth Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)($800,000 USD) of the year ending 2007 XMAS / 2008 NEW YEAR celebration.This Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo company was conducted to encourage internet users for their patronage and to encourage new subscribers.

YAHOO, collects all the internet users, among the millions that subscribed to yahoo account and other internet users and we only selected ten people at this end of the year raffle draw as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for being one of the people selected.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which we have just started this year and would be conducted annually from henceforth.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinational internet companies as part of their social responsibility to their internet users.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $800,000 will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our NEXT YEARS end of year high stakes for US$5.3 Billion international draw.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
These are your identification numbers..........

Batch number.......................LUH 01475 WJ
Lotto number........................LWH 05436 DR
Winning number...................LFG 03497 QS

To begin your claims, kindly contact our fiduciary agent company at this email address:
(internetwinnings07@yahoo.co.uk)



His name is Barrister Micheal Hicks
+44 702 409 6937


You are required to forward him with the following details:


1.FULL NAME:................................

2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.................
3.PRESENT ADDRESS:...................
4.SEX:.............................................
5.DATE OF BIRTH:...........................
6.AGE:.............................................
7.OCCUPATION:...............................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:...................
9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY):...................
10.MARITAL STATUS:.......................
12.BATCH NUMBER:.............................
13.LOTTO NUMBER:...........................
14.THE MONTH YOU WON:.................

As soon as you contact your claims agent,your agent will advice you on what to do in order to get your prize money.Congratulations once more!! For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Finally,we wish you and your household a happy and successful xmas and new year celebrations.



Yours Sincerely,



Mr. Fidelis Bridge.
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com













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