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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:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",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 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.
  • +447045751074 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • dwhite002@strompost.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@worldcuplottery.com <info@worldcuplottery.com>
Reply-To: dwhite002@strompost.com
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:30:56 +0700
Subject: Winning NO: XB3/701/LNRC


WORLD CUP 2010 FREE LOTTERY,
HEADQUARTER, LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM.
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Winning NO: XB3/701/LNRC
Batch NO: 905534213/255
Ref NO: 7458222754
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Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 200 lucky winners in the Free Lotto draw held on the 17th of January 2008. All 200 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000 {ONE HUNDRED MILLION} international emails addresses.

Consequently, You have therefore been approved for a total payout of GBP £1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS) only.Your email address emerged along side with 199 othersas a category of winner in this year's Annual Draw.

The world cup lottery 2010 is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, MTN, the Intel Group,Toyota ,Toshiba.The world cup free lottery draw is held once in every four years interval. We are proud to say that over GBP £25 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries world-wide.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till you claim your prize money. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file your claim, please contact our UK Representative Agent with your winning details and fill the form below to enable us process your winning prize.

1. Your full Name:
2. Winning NO:
3. Batch NO:
4. Ref NO:
5. Phone No:

SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO CLAIMS VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT FOR PAYMENT:

CLAIMS OFFICER: Mr. Desmond White
EMAIL:dwhite002@strompost.com
Tel: +44 704-575-1074


Congratulations Once more!

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Larisa Hull
Promotions Manager.

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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam