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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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!

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:16:09 -0500
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?claims_of_=A3500=2C000=2E00_-_Contact_chevroletclaimsdep?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?artment=40live=2Eco=2Euk?=



CHEVROLET ONLINE LOTTERY
Chevrolet UK Ltd.
UK1-101-135
Osborne Road
Luton, Bedfordshire LU1 3YT.
United Kingdom.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
This is to inform you that you have been selected to receive the award sum of £500,000.00
(Five hundred Thousand pounds sterling) as charity donations/aid from the Chevrolet 2009 award Donation.
All beneficiaries email addresses were selected randomly from over 123,032 internet websites or a shop's
cash invoice around your area in which you might have purchased something from through a computer ballot system.
To claim your funds, please contact our claims department at E-mail: chevroletclaimsdepartment@live.co.uk.
Please include the following when contacting us; Your Full Names......
Address...... Phone Number....... Age...... Sex........Occupation........
The Chevrolet Online lottery has discovered a huge number of double claims due to winners informing close friends
relatives and third parties about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this, these
friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The Chevrolet lottery has reached a decision from
headquarters that any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling of that particular
winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was
the informer to the double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more to keep your
winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.
Note: """"Do not click on reply to this message, send your claims details to chevroletclaimsdepartment@live.co.uk""""
Congratulations from members and staff of Chevrolet UK Ltd.
Announcer,
Monk Jason.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam