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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447024039668 (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.
  • agentgaryconroy@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "AGENT GARY CONROY" <solorio@itesm.mx>
Reply-To: garyconroy@live.com
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:28:45 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification From Microsoft Lottery promotions!!!

Microsoft & Compaq Lottery Incorporation
12 Georgia Palace, Central London,
London CRA3 2LU.
United Kingdom.


Dear Winner,

Winning Notification From Microsoft Lottery promotions!!!

We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our

winners selected this month.

This is to notify you that you have won (£4,250,000.00) FOUR MILLION, TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS. in our online email lottery in
which e-mail addresses are picked randomly by computerised balloting powered
by the Internet. Your email address was amongst those chosen for this period.


Ticket no: 2752246896 177

Serial no: 652-662/08

Winning number: 08.11.21.32.35.42. {47}

Draw (040SB06-03)

Reference Number: IPL/4249859609/WP1.

To claim your prize fill the below form,

CLAIMS VERIFICATION DATA FORM
(HTML FORM)

YOUR FULL NAME: ...................................................
YOUR SEX:..........................................................
YOUR ADDRESS:......................................................
YOUR COUNTRY:......................................................
YOUR FAX:..........................................................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:.................................................
YOUR OCCUPATION:...................................................
POSITION:..........................................................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...............................................
YOUR AGE:..........................................................
YOUR REF NUMBER:...................................................
PREFERED METHOD OF RECEIVING WINNINGS (CASH/CHEQUE):...............


Fiduciary Agent
Mr.Gary Conroy
Email: agentgaryconroy@yahoo.co.uk
Alternative email:garyconroy@live.com
TEL:+44-702-403-9668


Yours faithfully,

Dr. Jim Klass.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam