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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +31644893645 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • agentwilliamderr@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • agentwilliamderr@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT" <powerballlotterynlwelgk@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 08:05:23 +0500
Subject: CALL FOR CONFRIMATION

FROM THE DESK OF THE COORDINATOR.
POWER BALL LOTTERY, NL.
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF Nº:PB-NL/175648323/06
BATCH Nº:8796-0178/NL-01

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY

We the Board and Management of POWER BALL LOTTERY,NL wishes to inform you
the results of the last annual draw of our lottery in which you emerged as
the winner in the grand category "A". It is yet to be claimed and you are
getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this. This results is today
released to you and Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:
65676776886787,BATCH Nº:8796-0178/NL-01 and lottery Ref Number
PB-NL/175648323/06.


You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,500,000.00
(ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credited
to your file number file NLA/175463/12/06.


This is from a total cash prize shared amongst the 6 lucky winners in the
various categories.
Please note that no entries were made and no tickets were purchsed. The
online cyber lotto draw was conducted from an exclusive list of 82,000,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced
automated random computer search from the internet. After this automated
computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as the winner in the grand
category, Category "A". You are therefore to receive a cash prize of
$1,500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
from
the total payout.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To file in for the
processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified
and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information
below:
Name: William Derrick
Email:agentwilliamderr@netscape.net
agentwilliamderr@myway.com
Tel: +31 644 893 645

You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your
reference and ticket numbers.
(This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to
participate in this program. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.



Endeavor to Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence
with your claims officer and you are advised not to expose your numbers to
avoid double clamming and unwarranted abuse of this program otherwise your
winnings will be void Please be warned. Should you have any question or
need
any help, please contact your claims officer.

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.

Yours Faithfully,
Wesley Schnider
Lottery Coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam