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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.

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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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • uefacliams01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HEINEKEN AND UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE <info@uefa.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: uefacliams01@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 15:22:30 +0100
Subject:




Serial Number: 889-207
Batch number :EU-155DB11-003/LL

ATTENTION: Winner
The Local Organising Committee of the European Champions League and the
Mastercard sponsors of the league are glad to announce to the world the
giving away of the sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS STERLING to 100 lucky
email addresses all over the world.

This promotion is in Appreciation of our International Support for the
past Soccer Events and the correspondent earnings at the stock market
which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.

All winners in this program were selected randomly through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 1,500,000 companies and individual e-mail
addresses database. Your email address happened to be one of the lucky
winners of Two Million Pounds among the One Hundred lucky email addressess
chosen. In order to claim your prize, you are required to fill out the
form below and send it back to us for verification either by email or Fax.
You will be informed on how to make claims of your Cashier's Check for the
sum which has already been deposited along with your email contact.

We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/ Contributors of this
program: MASTERCARD, AIR EMIRATES, ADIDAS, NIKE, MCDONALDS, UNITED
AIRLINES, BMW, PEPSI,SMILE BANK, VIRGIN ATLANTIC, UMBRO-SPORTLINE,
FUJIFILM, AIR-ASIA, BARCLAYS, LUCOZADE SPORT,SINGAPORE AIRLINES AND A HOST
OF EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR ALLOWING THE USE OF THEIR DATABASE FOR THE
DRAWS AND ALSO FOR THE PROVISION OF SECURE (SSL)
EMAIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

NAME: ...................................................
AGE: .....................................................
SEX: ......................................................
ADDRESS: ..................................................
EMAIL: ....................................................
TEL: ......................................................
OCCUPATION: ..............................................
COUNTRY: ................................................

Please you are advised to complete the form and send back to us for prompt
collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 17 years
of age. This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for
the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may
contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and
exempted from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are
notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
communication is strictly prohibited.

Congratulation once again and you are advised to send reply to your claims
officer for you to be accredited for payment:

CLAIMS OFFICER:
MR. Langston Wright
E-Mail:uefacliams01@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Susan Hill.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam