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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031860994 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704781747 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031890501 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • viljeonfinance2001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: vilfinance@myway.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:57:58 +0200
Subject: LOTTERY WINING NOTIFICATION (1.2 MILLION DOLLARS)

British South Africa/Global Asset Management.
Internet Global Lottery Headquarters:
London United Kingdom



Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02


LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the British South Africa 2010 world cup lottery bid online programs in association with Global Asset Management held on the 17th July 2006 in London to suport and promote south african 2010 world cup,

Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of $1,200,000,00.( ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44.

This is from a total cash prize of $125 Million us Dollars shared among second category winners.

This year,s Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British $ South Africa Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K/.S.A. history.The biggest was the 363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet and our representative office in london and possibly South African as indicated in the play coupon. In view of this, your $1,200,000.00 would be released to you by our affiliate bank in SOUTH AFRICA after proper protocols by our claim agent here in London.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him and call him on the phone.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the details below for processing of your claims.


Agent Name: BILL ROBINSON
Tel + 44 703 1890 501
tel +44 703 1860 994
Fax +44 870 478 1747
Email: viljeonfinance2001@yahoo.co.uk

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact the Claim Agent immediatly with this information:

NAME:..................................
NATIONALITY:...........................
PHONE/MOBILE:..........................
FAX:...................................



Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Dr George Williams.
Zonal Coordinator ( London)


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