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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
• 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.
  • pwlinefc@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Power Line Email Lottery" <powerlineemaillottery@klikni.cz>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:35:12 -0700
Subject: Attention


COMPUTER BALLOT JACKPOT 'A' DRAW RESULT.
POWER LINE COMPANY AWARD DEPARTMENT
POWER LINE INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE/AWARD DEPT.

Ref No:FI/550/05ES
Batch No:6677-05734

Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of the power Line E-mail lottery
International programs .Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:564
75600545/188 with Serial number 5388/06 drew the lucky
numbers:31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
1,500,000. 00(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds).

This is from a total cash prize of 15 Million Great Britain Pounds hared
amongst the lucky winners in this grand category.This year's Lottery Program
Jackpot (LPJ) is the largest ever for power Line E-mail lottery
International programs .The estimated 15 million Million Great Britain
Pounds jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in power Line E-mail lottery
International history. In view of this, your 1,500,000 00 (One Million Five
Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) would be released to you in whatever
manner you deem fit to claim your prize. All participants wereselected
randomly from 'World Wide Web' sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 200,000 companies.

This promotion takes place periodically. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed. This is a part of our precautionary no ticket sold and is so
organized to encourage the use of the internet and promote computer literacy
worldwide measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.

To file for your claim, please contact our financial controller with the
below details for processing of your claims.

*******************************************************************
POWER LINE FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Name: ROOKS WAGNER
Email: pwlinefc@jmail.co.za
*******************************************************************
You are adviced to provide the following details below to your claims
department:

FULL NAMES:
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY
STATE:
FAX:
PHONE NUMBER:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:


Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed
early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double
claim. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers while contacting our financial controller.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Irene Rebello
(Lottery Coordinator)
_______________________________________________________________
The power Line E-mail lottery International programs is proudly sponsored by
the Microsoft Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba,DellComputers, Mackintosh
and a conglomeration of other international IT companies. The power line
internet draw is held quarterly every year and is so or ganized to encourage
the use of the internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that
over 200 Million Dollars are won annually in more than 150 countries
worldwide.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam