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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.

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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • dr.jerrybruce@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dr.jerrybruce@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:32:58 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Dear Selected Winner.....


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mrselleroland003@yahoo.in



- 5th Floor East, Commonwealth Center, 55 Currie Street, Adelaide SA 5000,South Australia.Date: 19TH/NOVEMBER/2008 Ref No: 475061725 Batch No: 7056490902/133 Winning No: GB701/LPRC Insurance No: FLS 433/453L/ALP Dear Selected winner,You have been contacted, because your email address has won you our yearly award. You havebeen approved for the star prize of $850,000.00 Dollars (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars) only.To file in the Releasing Order Form you have to Contact the Security Agent information below.Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the 5th DECEMBER, 2008; otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charitable homes. Therefore, you are advised herein to contact ourfiducially agent in Nigeria in person of DR JERRY BRUCE at (dr.jerrybruce@yahoo.co.uk) to file for your claim.Send to the Agent your Full Names, Age, Address, Occupation, Telephone/Fax Number via email to process the immediate release of your winnings: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL; CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT AT :Dr.Jerry Bruce EMAIL: dr.jerrybruce@yahoo.co.uk Phone: +234 1 891 6535 ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF WINNERS WILL RESULT TO AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION. Congratulations once again.Yours in service,Mrs. Elle Roland Assistant To The Promotional Manager of Australian International

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