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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447031964249 (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.
  • claimsagentcole@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claimsagentdrcole@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "YAHOO AWARDS" <wincentre06@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:47:57 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS(your e-mail has won 150,000 GBP) FROM YAHOO AWARDS!!!


[image: Yahoo! Mail]<http://uk.ard.yahoo.com/SIGr8gjk5p/M 0071361.201283278.202591412.200625917/D=ukmail/S0508004:HEADR/Y=UKIE/EXP78569226/A 0551448/RSIGr8ajdi1/*http://uk.mail.yahoo.com/>

*Yahoo Awards Center*
* #15 Oxford Street London United Kingdom
**
*




*This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP150,000) for the month of August,
2008 Prize Promotion which is Organized by YAHOO,and is open to all networks
like hotmail.com ,gmail.com etc .*

*YAHOO! collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo internet random
search. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and
you are one of the Selected Winners.*

* ** PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIM
*
*Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre. Yahoo
Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification.
Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.*
**
*Stated below are your identification numbers:
*
*BATCH NUMBER: YM 09102XN
REFERENCE NUMBER: YM35447XN*
*PIN: YM09788*

*These numbers fall within the England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary agent in Liverpool and send your winning
identification numbers to him; A copy of this e-mail has been sent to him on
your behalf.*
** AGENT INFORMATION
*Agent Name: Dr. Richard Cole*
*E-Mail: ** claimsagentcole@walla.com*
* **claimsagentdrcole@gmail.com*
*
**Tel: +44 7031964249
*
* +44 7045736128

*
*You are advised to send the following information to your Claims Agent to
facilitate the release of of your fund to you.*
**
*First name.......................... ....*
*Last Name.......................... ...*
*Country....................... ...........
Contact Address.....................
Telephone Number.................*
*fax Number........................ ....*
*Marital Status........................ .
Occupation.................... .........*
*My Date of birth......................
Sex........................... .............*
**
*Congratulations!! once again.*
*Yours in service,*
* **[image: Feature Pic Caption] * * *
*Dr. (Mrs.) Louise Bagwell*
*.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
........................*
*WARNING!*

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully
handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double
claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other
Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal
information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you
receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you,
Kindly forward a copy to us and delete it from your mail box and give no
further correspondence to such person or body.
Yahoo shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the
above mentioned.
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