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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims 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.
  • johnpedro@mrlottery.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AVEY AHMED <aveyahmed@aol.com>
Reply-To: johnpedro@mrlottery.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:50:40 +0100
Subject: YUO HAVE MADE IT!!!


Dear Winner,
A division of Euromillion Lotto International (ELI).
Draw Details:
Ref Number: EM-573881545/SP
Batch Number: A2561000/07
Ticket draw Number: 7, 11, 25, 32, 34,/3, 5.
"Hot Ball: 5" WINNER ONLY
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final draw of
our Lottery International Programs. After this automated computer ballot,
your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "Hot Ball: 5"
with the following numbers attached Ref Number: EM-573881545/SP , Batch
Number: A2561000/07 and Ticket draw Number: 7, 11, 25, 32, 34,/3, 5.
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of 615,810.00 ( SIX HUNDRED
AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN EUROS ONLY)
from the total payout.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 accredited claims agent Dr.john Pedro,of
(GlobalFinancialNetwork)
on this email address: (johnpedro@mrlottery.com
<mailto:johnpedro@mrlottery.com>) for immediate processing of your winning =
with
the information below:
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Name In Full: ..................
Address In Full: ..................
Telephone/Fax number In Full: ....................
Nationality: .......................
Age: ......................
Country: ......................
Occupation: ......................
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=3D =3D =3D =3D =3D =3D
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Regina Van Halen
Lottery Coordinator.
Euromillion Lotto International

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam