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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: business proposal <bernard.molina11@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:58:38 +0100
Subject: You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!

















You won $820,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!=20
(Yahoo! Mail) Messenger=20
YAHOO INTERNET LOTTERY(arabtrans@arabtrans.com src=3D"http://us.i1.yimg.com/=
us.yimg.com/i/us/pim/el/spc=5Feee1.gif) [http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login=3F=
/ym/Compose=3FTo=3Darabtrans@arabtrans.com]
CONGRATULATIONS!

YOU WON $820,000.00!=20

Yahoo! Mail gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is rando=
mly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prize=
s from us.We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (E=
ight Hundred And twenty Thousand US Dollars) ($820,000.00) for the month o=
f December Lottery win promotion which is organized by yahoo.messenger.com=
[http://yahoo.messenger.com/] every month. YAHOO! collects all the mail i=
d of the people that are online, among the millions that subscribe to the =
world email we only select five people every month as our winners through =
electronic balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulat=
ing you for been one of the people selected.All participant were selected =
through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mai=
l addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle Ea=
st, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program whi=
ch is conducted annually.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some multinat=
ional companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in =
the commmunities where they have operational base. Further more your detai=
ls(e-mail address) falls within our Spanish representative office in Spain=
, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of $820,000.00 USD will =
be released to you from this regional branch office in Spain,
We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year h=
igh stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE
These are your identification numbers....................... Batch number.=
....................Lwh 09445 Lotto number.......................Lwh09446 =
Winning number...................Lwh09447 To begin your claims, kindly con=
tact the Fudiciary Agent MR DAVID JOHNSON of DUMEX SEGUROS S.A SPAIN email=
address dumexseguros1ooo@yahoo.co.ukTel:+34-696 [mailto:dumexseguros1ooo@=
yahoo.co.ukTel:+34-696] 111 545 You are required to forward Them with the =
following details: 1.FULL NAME2.COUNTRY OF ORIGIN3.PRESENT ADDRESS4.SEX5.D=
ATE OF BIRTH6.AGE 7.OCCUPATION8.TELEPHONE NUMBER9.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY)10.MAR=
ITAL STATUS11.WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.12 THE MONTH Y=
OU WON......13 AMOUNT WON................... As soon as you contact your a=
gent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. C=
ongratulations once more!! For security reasons, we advice all winners to =
keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is pro=
cessed and your prize released to you. This is part of our security protoc=
ol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this progr=
amme by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Yours Sincerely, [http://=
mail.yahoo.com/config/login=3F/=5Fjavascript:Zoom(290075)]
Dr. MOORE (PHD)LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.The Yahoo.com [http://yahoo.com/] staff
http://www.yahoo.com [http://www.yahoo.com/]=09


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Unbegrenzter Speicherplatz f=FCr Ihr E-Mail Postfach=3F Jetzt aktivieren!=20
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italedienste.web.de/freemail/club/lp/=3Flp=3D7]

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