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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
  • "oxford international 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.
  • +447045716507 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Horton, Stephanie Tiel" <sthorton@liberty.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:34:14 -0400
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?You_Have_Won_=A31,_000,_000,_00._GBP_in_cash_credited_to_f?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?ile_ref_ILP/HW_475/07?=




Oxford International Lottery
32 Hurst Street
Birmingham, B5 4TB
United Kingdom.



Ref: OXS/812/08/AL
Batch: 322056/AL



We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 10th September 2008 from the Oxford International Lottery programme.



You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £1, 000, 000, 00. GBP in cash credit to file ref ILP/HW 475/07, all participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses all over the World as part of our international promotions program which is conducted quarterly.



Kindly note that you will only be chosen to receive the award once, which means that subsequent yearly award will not get to you again. Take time and thought in spending the funds wisely on a project that will stand the test of time.



HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact our fiducial agent, Dr. Martin Jean, at
Email: claimsverification2008@live.com<http://us.mc578.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=claimsverification2008@live.com>
Tel: +44704 5716 507



You are advised to contact your fiduciary agent with the following details to avoid unnecessary delays and complications.



Your Name (in Full):
Telephone Number:
Batch Number:
Refrence Number:
Complete Address/Country:
Age:
Occupation:



Sincerely,
Horton Stephanie.

Anti-fraud resources:

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