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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:

• 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.
  • +447023051228 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "andrea smith" <agentandreasmith@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:16:38 +0000
Subject: VERIFICATION OF WINNING

Dear VICTIMNAME ,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your
winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes, Attached here is a
copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed
with your winnings. Once again congratulations from all the staff.
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:_______________________________________
2.ADDRESS:__________________________________________
____________________________________________________
3. SEX:______________________________________________
4. AGE:______________________________________________
5. MARITAL STATUS:___________________________________
6. OCCUPATION:______________________________________
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:___________________________________
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________

9. FAX NUMBER_______________________________________

10. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

____________________________________________________
11. AMOUNT WON: ____________________________________
12. STATE:___________________________________________
13. COUNTRY_________________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, your information's would be dully
verified, upon satisfaction your winnings Bank Draft would be sent to our
designated paying Bank for clearance.please just fill and send back to me so
that i can forward it to the bank.Then the bank can contact you and release
your winning prise price.

Warm Regards,
Andrea Smith
+447023051228
+447024067605

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