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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 agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "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)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • marginlatrust@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amarginlatrust@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "googleoffice4 Gazeta.pl" <googleoffice4@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:25:25 +0300
Subject: GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL


GOOGLE EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
WORLD INTERNET LOTTO CENTRE
EASTERN AVE 6528
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(WE ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)


Dear Lucky Winner,
CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!
Congratulations as we bring to your notice, the results of the First
Category draws of E-MAIL LOTTERY organised by GOOGLE INTERNATIONAL. We are
happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category,
which is part of our promotional draws. The draws were held on 2ND of June
2008 and results are being officially announced today 13Th of June 2008.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America,
Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program. Your e-mail address, attached to ticket
number 675432890044/388, with serial number 200-333 drew the lucky numbers
1-0-41-84-3-222 and consequently won in the First Category. You have
therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of One Millio(1,000,000.00) Euro,
which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total
prize money from 1,500,000 Euro shared among the 2 winners in this category.

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to
avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process
of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to
your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants / non participants of this
program.Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:

To file for your claim, kindly contact your CLAIMS Agent.
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Barr. Smith Mathew.
Marginlatrust Claims Agency
TEL\FAX:+30-699-590-5073
E-mail:marginlatrust@aim.com <E-mail%3Amarginlatrust@aim.com>
Address: 148, Sapfous str. 1775 Kallithea,
Athens Greece
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You are advised to contact the agents by email.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and
Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent. Reference Nr: AMC/2331-ILHWGI0431/08.
Batch Nr: EOST/25/0496/TVUFS Congratulations once again from all our staff.


Yours Sincerely,
MRS. DORIS MOUZAKI.
(PROMOTION COORDINATOR)

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam