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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:

• 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 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.
  • +447045706460 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447075020834 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Uk National Lottery<mrmaxwelljohnson@live.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:14:09 -0900
Subject: REF N=?ISO-8859-1?B?ujo=?= UKNL-L/200-26937

The Camelot Group,
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
REF Nº: UKNL-L/200-26937
BATCH:2008UKL-01
TICKET Nº: 20511465463 - 7644

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of
£891,934.00 pounds held on the 15th January 2008
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.

Contact our fiduciary agent for claims with:

Name: MR.Maxwell Johnson
Tel: +44 704 570 6460
Fax:+44 707 502 0834
Email: mrmaxwelljohnson@live.com

Fill the below:
1. Name:...........................................
2. Address ........................................
3. Marital Status:..................................
4. Occupation:...................................
5. Age:..............................................
6. Sex:.................................................
7. Nationality:...................................
8. Country of Residence:....................
9. Telephone Number:............................

Yours faithfully,
Sincerely,
Mrs Dianne Thompson.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam