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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • claimsdirector33@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "goldstar8@virgilio.it" <goldstar8@virgilio.it>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:30:22 +1000
Subject: E-MAIL RESULT

Lotto Winners of 1,500,000.00 Euros
GOLDSTAR INTERNATIONAL ONLINE E-GAMES
Ref. Number: 333/000/6118
Batch Number: WW2202222-SS77

Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on
the 28th March 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
566677700022 with serial
number 3331-661 drew lucky numbers 20-70-35-49-41-45-46 which consequently
won in the 1st
category A, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
1,500,000.00
(One Million fIVE Hundred Thousand Euros) Congratulations!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted
to you. This is part of our
security protocol To avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 company and
30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world we
hope with part of your winning
you will take part in our next year USD50 million internationallotto.To
fill for your claim, please contact our
Lottery co ordinator,

Mr. Brian Whitney
GERTENBACHSTAAT 90
1106 WC AMSTERDAM
THE NETHERLAND
TEL:31-644-911-685
FAX:31-847-520-740
Email:claimsdirector33@netscape.net

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 10th April 2006. After
this date,all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications please
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence. Furthermore,should there
be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our
members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of
18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Sara Borsch
(Secretary).

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam