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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • sadler.guinnesspromo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: GUINNESS® CUSTORMERS PROMOTION <sadler.guinnesspromo@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:54:45 -0600 (CST)
Subject: FINAL_ NOTIFICATION.

GUINNESS® CUSTORMERS PROMOTION
Dv-2008 program
Guinness plc, Benin Republic.
St Christo road (Cotonou)

FINAL_ NOTIFICATION.
We happily inform you about our (guinness® first winner program)held on
the 30th of Januar 2008, You are the GUINNESS WINNER OF THE YEAR. Your
email was attached to the ticket number(44-40-23-777-01) which made you a
winner of $500,000 Thousand dollars and your name being recorded in our
guinness world book of record as the 1st lucky winner of the year 2008.
You have been approved the sum of $500,000 Thousand dollars which will be
sent accross to you through a guiness company Cashier's Check
immediately,this is to avoid the risk of carrying physical cash.


CONGRATULATIONS YOU EMERGED OUR WINNER!!!
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
This is part of our security mearsures to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participant or
impersonators.
Here is our fiduciary agent responsible for your winning claims.

MR SADDLER JONES
EMAIL:sadler.guinnesspromo@yahoo.com

GUINNESS® CLAIMING SECURITY AGENT.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == == = = =
You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate the
processing of your GUINNESS® CLAIMS OF CERTIFICATE.

Fullnames:
Residential address
Phone number
Occupation
Sex
Age
Present country
Marrtal status.

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATION!!!!
Yours sincerely
BERNARD COLINS.

GUINNESS®CUSTORMERS PROMOTION.

WARNING!!!! WARNING!!!!
KEEP THIS CODE OF
CONDUCT, WHICH IS (RD822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE AGENT BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.


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