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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:
  • "fudiciary" (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!

Fraud email example:

From: Steven rudolf <claims_stevenrudolf@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:27:57 +0100
Subject: CLAIM VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM



BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY,ONLINE FUDICIARY AGENT.Ref No: UK/9420X2/68Batch No: 074/05/ZY369 Dear Winner, Compliments of the day to you. Your email address was among the email addresses sellected all over the world for this draw and you subsequently won the sum of 253,437,00 pounds and you eventually emerge one of the lucky winners.to claim your price do adhere to all instructions so that your funds will get to you on time.Fill the form and reply a copy to me so that we can proceed with the processing of your funds. Provide us with the information below: CLAIM VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM1.Full Name:2.Full Address:3.Marital Status:4.Occupation:5.Age:6.Sex:7.Nationality:8.Country Of Residence:9.Telephone Number:10.Fax Number: For due processing and remittance of your prize money. Thanks for your understanding.Steven Rudolf
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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam