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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:
  • "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.
  • +447024091859 (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.
  • claimingagent101@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Watford Online Lottery" <jcole2@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: claimingagent101@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 06:03:44 -0700
Subject: You won $500,000.00 ! Watford Online Lottery Congratulates You!


You won $500,000.00 ! Watford Online Lottery Congratulates You!
Watford ONLINE BONUS LOTTERY WNNINGS.
CONGRATULATIONS!
YOU WON $500,000.00

Dear Winner,

Watford gives members random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly
selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from
us. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of (FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND USD ($500,000,00) for the New year Promotion which is
organized by WATFORD ONLINE WINNINGS 2008.

The Watfors Online Winnings collects 10 lucky emails from the internet
randomly, among the millions that subscribe to msn mail,yahoomail,gmail,etc.

We only select 10 people every month as our winners through electronic
balloting System without the winner applying,we are congratulating you for
been one of the people selected for this years WATFORD ONLINE GAMES 2008

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a Group of some multinational
companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the
communities where they have operational base. Further more your details
(e-mail address) falls within our representative office in UK, as indicated
in your play coupon and your prize of $500,000.00 will be released to you
from this regional branch office in UK.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1 Million international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers:

Batch number....................... 09445 YLB
Lotto number........................ 09446 YLB
Winning number................... 09447 YLB

To begin your claims, kindly contact the Claims Manager

Mr Micheal Pletcher

Email: claimingagent101@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +44-702-409-1859

You are required to forward him with the following details:

1.FULL NAME
2.COUNTRY AND PRESENT STATE
3.PRESENT ADDRESS
4.SEX
5.DATE OF BIRTH
6.AGE
7.OCCUPATION
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER
9. CITY AND ZIP CODE
10.MARITAL STATUS

As soon as you contact him, he will advise you on what to do in order to get
your prize money.

Note: Remember you must contact your claims manager not later than 48hours
of Notification. After that all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations once more!!

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this pro gramme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr WILLIAM GERRI
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.

Anti-fraud resources:

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