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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447031973893 (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.
  • iaatcintl.deliveryofficer@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Stephen Giggs" <uk_claimsunit11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:03:09 +0000
Subject: Contact The Courier Department For Delivery//Claim








Home Office: L70 1NL Liverpool, P. O. Box 1010, UNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services) Reference Number: UK/9420X2/68Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369Ticket Number: 56475600545188










Dear ERIC K.KINOTI ,

After all verifications, you are now required to contact Mr. Aaron Beckham, DISPATCH OFFICER, IAATC GLOBAL EXPRESS. He is in charge of your package containing your original documents and winnings, your registration number or number of recording is TS5625142, you are required to send via e-mail a filled copy of your verification's form and quote your number of recording (TS5625142) in the letter you are sending to him. Do contact him with the e-mail address as given below:


iaatcintl.deliveryofficer@yahoo.com

Tel : +447 031 973893


Do adhere to all instructions from the courier department so the document can get to your present address as soon as possible.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep informations about your lottery winnings confidential till your claim is processed and your prize remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Thanks for your understanding.Mr. Stephen Giggs
Fiduciary Department,
UK. LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL




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