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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand great british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • david.mensah2008@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:46:37 +0000
Subject: CONTACT YOUR AGENT.










The National Lottery













P O Box 1010




Liverpool, L70 1NL













UNITED KINGDOM



































Ref: UK/9420X2/68












Batch: 074/05/ZY369

























Dear Winner,












WINNING NOTIFICATION:













National U.K Lottery wishes to inform of you the results of the E-mail
address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain
held on 10th November, 2008. Your email account is been picked as a winner
of £500,000.00GBP (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) ONLY.

























This
results is now released to you today and your email address attached in
the A Category lucky Ball number 7, Ball number 11, Ball number 12,
Ball number 20, Ball number 38, Ball number 44, and Bonus Ball number
45. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses users.














You are advised to 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.

Your winning fall on the African representative booklet, whose office is located at the below: No 36 Spintex Road Tema, Ghana.














How to claim your prize; simply contact your claim agent on his private
email address: MR. DAVID MENSAH with the email address david.mensah2008@gmail.com
Telephone Numbers: +233248524733.



























Fill in your personal data in the form below and send to your claim
agent for him to file your winning and direct you on the procedures
necessary for the claim.

























Name:












Full Address:













City/State:












Nationality:












Date of Birth:












Gender:












Marital Status:












Occupation:












Mobile Phone Number:


























All winning must be claimed in less than 14days. After this time all unclaimed funds will be returned to the European Union
Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays
and complications to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
























Contact your claim agent Mr. David Mensah with the e-mail
address david.mensah2008@gmail.com to direct you on how to claim your prize. Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.


























Sincerely,












Mr. Brown Peters,












(General Secretary)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam