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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (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.
  • +31617305847 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • glottowinning@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "intglo1@terra.es" <intglo1@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:05:33 +0100 (MET)
Subject: WINNING ANNOUNCEMENT:



WINNING ANNOUNCEMENT:




CONGRATULATIONS!


The yearly International program has selected your email as one of the eleven lucky winners under CATEGORY "C" in the sixth edition of G-Lotto. You have been approved a payout of 600,000 Euro (Six Hundred Thousand Euro) credited to file No. PS/245/07. This is from the total prize money of 6,600,000 Euro shared amongst eleven international winners under this category.

Participants for this online version of the International Promotion were randomly selected from the internet database using computer draw system from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. The process for collecting prize winning is handled by the fiduciary claim agent within the European representative office:

Jan Kees (Foreign Service Manager)
Duivendrechtsekade 85
Zuid Oost, Amsterdam
Netherlands
email: glottowinning@aim.com
Tel: + 31 617 305 847

Contact the fiduciary claim agent within a week of receiving this notice. You MUST provide the claims agent with your full name, country of residence, address, telephone and fax number along with the winning information below:

File No: PS/245/07
Ticket No: 031-7552-0574
Serial No: 916-06
Lucky No: 14-23-38-20-11

Furthermore you are advised to keep all winning information and numbers confidential until your prize winning is processed and claimed by you in line with our fiduciary security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Anyone under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified. In the event of a change in present address, do inform your agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations!

Jaap Plein
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR ****************************************************
The contents of this e-mail are strictly confidential. This e-mail is meant for the addressee only. Should this e-mail have been received erroneously please discard it.






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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam