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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
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.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "peterdickson0101@gmx.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "peterdickson0101@gmx.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
- They don't notify winners by email.
- You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
- They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
- They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
- They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
- They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
- They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
Fraud email example:
From: "EURO AWARDS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peterdickson60@gmx.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22.31.02 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE OUR END OF YEAR AWARD WINNER
EURO-PW LOTTERY v8.0
POSTBUS 636-5930 AM
TERNEUZEN, HOLLAND.
DEAR PRIZE WINNER
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON PRIZE MONEY OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EURO (650,000.00) EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION FOR THE CHRISTMAS FINAL QUATER BONUS.
ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.) AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100M SECURED WEBSITES WORLD WIDE.
ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH OUR ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.), AND YOUR EMAIL
ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AND ATTACHED TO THE WINNING NUMBER BELOW WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING ONE OF THE EURO-PW v8.0 WINNER.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/010/190/222/751 EURO-PW LOTTERY v8.0.
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM:
FULL NAMES..........
ADDRESS.............
NATIONALITY.........
COUNTRY.............
TEL/FAX.............
AGE/SEX.............
MARITAL STATUS......
OCCUPATION..........
CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EURO-PW LOTTERY.
YOU ARE TO CALL TO SPEAK WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER WITH HIS BELOW DIRECT NUMBER WHO PRESENTLY IS IN THE USA FOR A LOTTERY SUPPORT PROGRAM. +1 818-851-7966
PETER DICKSON (MR.)
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: peterdickson0101@gmx.com
TEL: +1 818-851-7966
FROM: ANASTACIO DOMINIQUE
NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THIS
E-MAIL: peterdickson0101@gmx.com
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