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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • soniafrancisco2005@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Maria White" <mariawhite_7@msn.com>
Reply-To: soniafrancisco2005@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:59:16 +0000
Subject: NEW YEAR WINNING NOTIFICATIONS FROM LIVERPOOL FC

Liverpool Football Club Lottery,
P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
WINNING NOTIFICATION



The management of liverpool football club is glad to announce to the
world the END OF YEAR PROMOTION giving away of the sum of TWENTY MILLION
UNITED KINGDOM POUNDS million to 40 lucky email addresses all over the
world.This promotion is in appreciation of our International Support in the
European
Champions League Finals In Turkey and the correspondent capital profit in
the
stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings. It
is also to Mark the Club's end of year and 100 years of cooperate
existence.Please
be informed that all winners in this program have been selected
randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies
and individual e-mail addresses database.



Your email address happened to be one of the lucky winner of five hundred
thousand pounds ( £500.000.00(G.B.P) among the Forty email addressess
chosen. For all our international winners the value of the amount comes to
($917,956.00 USD)
Nine Hundred and Seventeen thousand, Nine hundred and fifty-six United
States Dollars.In other to claim your £500,000.00 prize, you will have
to fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then
you will be inform on how your Cashier's Check for £500,000.00 has
already been deposited with your email contact.



PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM


1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________


12. COUNTRY________________________________




Please you are adviced to complete the form and send back to us for
prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 18
years of age.Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification. This E-mail message (including
attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the individual or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged,
proprietary,confidential and exempted from disclosure. If you are not the
intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination,distribution
or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.


Sincerely,


Sincerely,
Maria White

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
MRS.Sonia Francisco
EMAIL:soniafrancisco2005@hotmail.com

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