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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:
  • ",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)
  • "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 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.
  • officeofukprimeminister@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: officeofukprimeminister@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:37:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?YOU_WON_=A31,000,000,_00?=




*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified.



You won =A31,000,000.00! Yahoo! Mail Congratulates You!=20
Messenger=20

YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY

CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON =A31,000,000, 00
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Attn,

Yahoo! Mail gives Members random cash prizes. Today, your email account was=
randomly selected as the one of 5 top winners accounts who will get cash p=
rizes from us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money o=
f (One Million Great British Pounds Sterling (=A31,000,000.00) for the mon=
th of December, 2007. Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo me=
ssenger.com every month.=20
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YAHOO, collects all the mail ID of the people that are online on yahoo mes=
senger, among the millions that subscribed to yahoo messenger. We only sele=
ct five people every month as our winners through electronic balloting Syst=
em without the winner applying. We are congratulating you for been one of =
the people selected.=20
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All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn fr=
om Nine hundred Thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United St=
ates, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our internat=
ional promotions program which is conducted annually.


We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year hi=
gh stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

These are your identification numbers:
Lotto number........................Lwh09446
Winning number...................Lwh09447
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To begin your claims, kindly contact our fiduciary office. The office of Un=
ited Kingdon Prime Minister.=20
Mr Gordon Brown.

Galleymead Road,=20
Colnbrook, Berkshire,
SL3 0EN England.
email:officeofukprimeminister@yahoo.co.uk


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.OCCUPATION
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER
8.MARITAL STATUS
9.WINNING NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.
10. THE MONTH YOU WON......................................................=
..
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As soon as you contact him, he will advise you on what to do in order to ge=
t your prize money.Congratulations once more!!
=20
Yours Sincerely,
=20
Dr, JOHN GREG.
=20
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR




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If you are having trouble with any of the links in this message, or if the =
URL's are not appearing as links, please follow the instructions at the bot=
tom of this email.
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Title: Clickability -- Updates & Ideas
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Copy and paste the following into your Web browser to access the sent link:
http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=3DviewThis&etMa=
ilToID=3D18352645&pt=3DY


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Copy and paste the following into your Web browser to SAVE THIS link:
http://www.savethis.clickability.com/st/saveThisPopupApp?clickMap=3DsaveFro=
mET&partnerID=3D64257&etMailToID=3D18352645&pt=3DY

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Copy and paste the following into your Web browser to forward this link:
http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=3Dforward&etMai=
lToID=3D18352645&partnerID=3D64257&pt=3DY

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Email pages from any Web site you visit - add the EMAIL THIS button to your=
browser, copy and paste the following into your Web browser:
http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=3DbrowserButton=
s&pt=3DY"


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Instructions:
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If your e-mail program doesn't recognize Web addresses:
1. With your mouse, highlight the Web Address above. Be sure to highlight t=
he entire Web address, even if it spans more than one line in your email.=
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2. Select Copy from the Edit menu at the top of your screen.=20
3. Launch your Web browser.
4. Paste the address into your Web browser by selecting Paste from the Edit=
menu.
5. Click Go or press Enter or Return on your keyboard.=20
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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam