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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 agent" (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!
• 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.
  • sdrmohammed@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MALAYSIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS" <mlmalaysiannationallotto@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 04:21:24 +0800
Subject: Malaysian National Lottery

Malaysian National Lottery
Selangor Turb Club (Lottery and Sports Center)
Jalan Kuda Emas, 57100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 01 7219 4045, Fax: 03 9058 5732
Ref: KL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

ASALAM LEKUN,

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

National Malaysian Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail
address ballot lottery international program by the Malaysian lotto Board
held on 4th May 2008. Your email account has been picked as a winner of RM
1, 200, 000 .00 (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND) ONLY.

This results is now released to you today and your email address attached
in the A Category lucky Ball number 9, Ball number 14, Ball number 16, Ball
number 25, Ball number 53, Ball number 20, and bonus ball Bonus Ball number
45, Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.

This Lotto was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base in all
countries of
Asia.Afghanistan,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Brunei,Burma,(Myanmar)
, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,
Japan, Jordan, Kazakstan,South Korea, North
Korea,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Lebanon,Malaysia,Maldives,Mongolia,Myanmar,Nepal,Oman,Pakistan,Philippines,Qatar,Russia,Saudi,Arabia,Singapore,Sri,Lanka,Syria,Taiwan,Tajikistan,Thailand,Turkey,Turkmenistan,United,Arab,Emirates,Uzbekistan,Vietnam,Yemen.
Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
programme.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: SIMPLY CONTACT YOUÊõE FIDUCIALLY/CLAIMS AGENT:
DR MO HAMMED SOLIMAN AHMED: WITH THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:
sdrmohammed@yahoo.com.my BY FILLING THIS FORM BELOW AND SENDING IT TO HIM TO
FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM. NOW FILL IN YOUR PERSONAL DATA BELOW AND SEND TO YOUÊõE
FIDUCIALLY AGENT:

NAME:
FULL HOUSE ADDRESS:
CITY/STATE:
NATIONALITY:
DATE OF BIRTH:
SEX GENDER:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
BANKING INFORMATION:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
HOUSE PHONE NUMBER:

SEND YOUR DATA TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT: VIA THIS EMAIL :
sdrmohammed@yahoo.com.my

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account
users program.
Yours Sincerely,

MRS MUHAMED MARIAM AYU,
(VICE PRESIDENT).
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This e-mail is intended only for the above addressee. It may contain
privileged information. If you are not the addressee you must not copy,
distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it. If you have
received it in error please delete it and immediately notify the sender.
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