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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
• 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.
  • clementfeindouno@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Microsoft-Africa <africaclaimofficer@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:06:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Notification.



Department of Promotion
Microsoft United Kingdom,
Thames Valley Park
Reading RG6 1WG
P O Box 2410,
United Kingdom.

Attn: Sir/Madam,

MSN (Microsoft Network/Corporation) is a collection of Internet Service provided by Microsoft. The Hotmail, MSN Messenger and many others of our services where currently ranked as the best amongst all websites for Traffic Rank. We are planning to build a global fiber-optic network from scratch with our   promotion.

Congratulations once more on your email coupon which was selected among the 15 lucky prize winners on the draw held on the 1st of June 2008. Your email ID identified with Coupon No.MSN-255409 and was selected by Electronic Random selection System (ERSS) with entries from the One million email addresses around the globe enrolled for the Lotto-Wheel E-game.
Your winning details are:

Batch Number: MSN 21/UK642-1132/SD
Coupon Number: MSN-255409
Prize Amount: $500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars)

Your email address draw number falls in our African Coupon; you are required to file claims for your lottery prize winning by contacting the Africa Claims Processing Office with your winning information provided above.

Lottery Claims Officer:
Name:  Mr. Clement Feindouno
E-mail: clementfeindouno@yahoo.ca
Tel: +224 663 71 493

To avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your batch and coupon numbers in every one of your correspondence with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address,
do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your prize winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming Microsoft E-GAMES Promotion.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Carolyn Maria Duval
(Lottery Coordinator)


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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam