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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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • ukonlinelotto12@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • executivesecretaryfdf@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:02:02 GMT
Subject: End Of Year Lottery

BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTER,
Mortimer House ,MORTIMER STREET,
LONDON, W1T3JG
UNITED KINGDOM.

Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement for
the winners of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO
PROGRAMME,held on the 1st October,2008. Your e-mail has just
won you the sum of £956,420 pounds in the Satellite
Software Email Lottery. CONTACT THE FIDUCIARY AGENT WITH
THIS E-MAIL BELOW:
Name: Mrs Elizabeth Brown
E-mail:ukonlinelotto12@gmail.com
NAME:______________
ADDRESS:___________
CITY:______________
STATE:_____________
ZIP CODE:__________
COUNTRY:___________
TEL:_______________
Sex:_______________
AGE _______________
OCCUPATION:________

Yours Truly,
Sir Smith K. Lloyd
UKNL Foundation.

The Fondation De France(FDF) would like to
bring to your notice that you have been awarded a cash
Grant/Donation
of US$1,350,000.00 (One million,Three hundred and Fifty
thousand United states dollars only)for your own
personal,educational, and
business development.

You are required to contact the Executive
Secretary below, forqualification documentation and
processing
of your claims. After contacting our office, you will be
given
your donation pin number, which you will use in collecting
the funds.
Please endeavor to quote your Qualification numbers
(FDF-444-6647-
9163) in all discussions.

Executive Sec. Mrs. Lillian Blanc
Email: executivesecretaryfdf@gmail.com


DONATION RECIPIENT FORM:
FULL NAME
FULL ADDRESS
SEX:
AGE:
OCCUPATION:
TEL:
COUNTRY:

On behalf of the Board kindly, accept our
warmest congratulations.

Regards.

Mrs. Christie Cisse
Online cordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam