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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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.
  • harry_spencer024@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:47:56 +0900
Subject: GUINNESS END OF YEAR PROMOTION!!!!


PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
THE GUINNESS GAME SPOT PROMOTIONS
LONDON. UNITED KINGDOM SW1V3DW

This is to inform you of the release of email balloting held on the
NOVEMBER 20TH, 2008 by THE GUINNESS IRISH BOTTLING COMPANY on
it's End of year anniversary. For the first time ever THE GUINESS IRISH BOTTLING COMPANY,
have decided to celebrate it's anniversary by awarding £1,000,000.00 (ONEMILLION POUNDSTERLING)
each to 20 lucky winners who were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft
users from over 30,00000 companiesand5,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over
the world.This promotion is organized by Guinness Ireland and Guinness England.

However, the results were released on NOVEMBER 22nd,2008 and your email
was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £1,000,000.00 each on the anniversery of the
THE GUINNESS IRISH BOTTLING COMPANY , and your email was attached to ticket number RR38844240
and ballot number 00147.

For further informations contact your fiduciary agent below with the necessary informations

NAME:AGE:.SEX:ADDRESS:EMAIL:PHONE:MOBILE NUMBER:OCCUPATION:COMPANY;
COUNTRY:

FIDUCIARY AGENT
Name: Mr. Harry Spencer
Contact Email:harry_spencer024@yahoo.co.uk
phone-+ 44-703-198-5955


Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Sarah Anderson.


This e-mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you must not disclose or use the information contained within. If you have received it in error please return it to the sender via reply e-mail and delete any record of it from your system. The information contained within is not the opinion of Edith Cowan University in general and the University accepts no liability for the accuracy of the information provided.

CRICOS IPC 00279B

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam