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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • reddotdept.ng@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: reddotdept.ng@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 13:48:34 -0300
Subject: REDDOT AWARD HAS CHOSEN YOU




REDDOT AWARDS
Website: http://en.red-dot.org/2028.html
E-mail: reddotdept.ng@hotmail.com
Ref: rdt/26510460037/07
Batch: 9080648302/07

Dear Friend,

We are happy to notify you that your e-mail address was selected which won
you Five Hundred Thousand Dollars in our on-going 2008 award presentation.

Your email was selected from the database of your email account provider
which was pick-out after a
random sampling. You were chosen by the RedDot Company Board Committee as
one of the recipients of this year award to celebrate the success of the
Monetary
and Fiscal year.

To file for the claim of this award, you are
therefore advice to reply back with your
Name, Address, Occupation, Active phone number,
Age and Country.

Upon receipt of your response we will give you more details
on how you are to claim this award.

2008 REDDOT AWARDS
http://en.red-dot.org/

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam