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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.
• 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.
  • raulmenedez@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ONLAE WINNER" <onlae100winner@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:14:49 +0200
Subject: VERY URGENT!!!


ONLAE PROMOTION BV,
Paseo de Habana 28-35,
Postcode 31245,
Marbella, Spain.
REF No: OL642857301/09ES
BATCH: OLAES78095

Attn: Joewein
In view of the yearly sweepstake of the Onlae Group organization held on the 14th of June,2006.It is my pleasure to inform you that your e-mail address attached to the above Ref ans Batch Numbers came up in the first dip.
This invariably means that you have emerged as the prize recipient in the first category with an allocated sum of Seven Hundred and Sixty Thousand Five Hundred and Ten Euros Twenty Four Cent (_760.510.24). Be informed that all participants were selected from a randon computing ballot system.
This charitable sweepstake is sponsored by a group of corporate organizations and governmental parastatals drawn from major cities in Europe.
As a matter of principle,you are to donate at the minimum one tenth of the fund to an outstanding charity project in your locality,after the reception of your fund.
To file for your claim and other enquiries,contact the designated fiducial consultant.
Mr. Raul Menedez:(raulmenedez@netscape.net)
Congratulations once again
Faithfully yours'
Mrs. Laura flores

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam