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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claim 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.
  • +447031846676 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712390981 (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.
  • claim_ffc@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yahoo Award" <todayresult150@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: claim_ffc@excite.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:35:09 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EMAIL AWARD WINNING


*[image: Yahoo! UK and Ireland]*

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REFN0: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD
RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE

The <http://lottery.yahoo.com/> <http://lottery.yahoo.com/>Yahoo
<http://lottery.yahoo.com/>Lottery <http://lottery.yahoo.com/>wishes to
inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international
program by Yahoo <http://lottery.yahoo.com/>Lottery International held on
27th 2008 email account have bee n picked as a winner of £150.000.00 (ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING ONLY.)

This result is now released to you on 4th October 2008. And your email
address attached in the A Category. All email addresses were selected
through a computer ballot system in which your email address was selected as
one of the lucky winners. Your lucky number is 04 10 14 21 32 49 and bonus
ball number 44

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All winning must be claimed not later than October 2008. After this date all
unclaimed funds will be returned to national lottery Treasury as unclaimed..
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

To file for your claim, please contact our claim agent on the email address
below:

IMPORTANT NOTICE
FILL THE FOLLOWING FORM ONLINE AND FORWARD TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT F OR
PROCESSING.
IMPORTANT NOTICE

[1] Full Name:====

[2] Address/country:====

[3] Nationality:====

[4] Age:====

[5] Sex:====

[6] Tel:====

[7] Fax:=====

[8] Occupation:====

[9] International passport No:/ ID Card No:====
[10] Amou nt Won:==========

*Mr Roy Dempsey* (*YAHOO LOTTERY <http://lottery.yahoo.com/> CLAIM AGENT*)
*PHONE: +44-703-184-6676*
*FAX: +44-871-239-0981,44-702-405-2355
**claim_ffc@excite.com**
*
Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account
users programme.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Susan L. (Sue) Decker,,
President
(Yahoo Lottery INTL INC)

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn
Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams
(Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive),
Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman) Mrs Susan L. (Sue)
Decker,, President
================================================================
*This e-mail has been sent from an e-mail address that is not monitored.
Please do not reply to this message. We are unable to respond to any
replies.You are advised to send your reply to your claim agent e-mail **
claim_ffc@excite.com**
*

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