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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:
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Malaysia national Lottery" <malaysianational1105@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 01:29:15 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


The National Lottery
Selangor Turb Club (Lottery and Sports Centre)
Jalan Kuda Emas, 57100 Kuala Lumpur
Fax: 03 9058 5732
Ref: KL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,

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 8th May 2008.

Your email account has been picked as a winner of RM 1,000.000.00 (ONE
MILLION MALAYSIA RM) ONLY.

This results is now released to you today and your email address attached in
the A Category lucky Ball number 7, Ball number 11, Ball number 12, Ball
number 20, Ball number 38, Ball number 44, 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.

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 YOU'RE FIDUCIALLY/CLAIMS AGENT: DR
MR.MOHA WILLIAM: WITH THE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW: mr.mohawilliam@live.com 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 YOU'RE FIDUCIALLY AGENT:

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


SEND YOUR DATA TO YOUR CLAIMS AGENT: VIA THIS EMAIL mr.mohawilliam@live.com

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

Yours Sincerely,
MRS MUHAMED MARIAM AYU,
(VICE PRESIDENT).

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam