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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • camelotgroup9@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Dianne Thompson" <johnlaffiliates@bigpond.com>
Reply-To: camelotgroup9@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 11:13:39 +1000
Subject: REF: UKL/74-A0802742008


The Camelot Group, operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD.

Dear Winner,

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results o=
f the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain =
held on the 30th of April 2008 is out. Your email account have been picked =
as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninety-one thousand,=
nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (=C2=A3 891,934.00 Pound=
s Sterling) credited to file REF NO. REF: UKL/74-A0802742008. This is from =
total prize money of GBP 4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) internation=
al winners in this category. You are to contact our claims agent for valida=
tion:

Mr. Phil Herald.
Email: camelotgroup9@gmail.com

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP, Operator of The National Lottery.

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