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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:
  • "fudiciary" (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 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.
  • agentdavid_humfre@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mikel_lottery" <mikel_lottery@wooow.it>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:26:06 +0100
Subject: UK Online Lottery Result Headquarters:

UK Online Lottery Result Headquarters:
10th S4 Route 559
Earthpink Towers Inc.
Manchester D40/S,
United Kingdom.
TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896
SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662
BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the
long awaited results of the UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 27TH,June 2006 at UK Lotto
Headquarters Manchester, UK.Your email address was
selected randomly from official worldwide company's/internet
data web through online email addresses search engine with
the aid of Google prominent search.Been entered as dependent
clients email address with; Reference Serial Number: 652-662
and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.
Your email address attached to the ticket number: 2752246896
that drew the lucky winning number 2, which consequently won
the online sweepstake in the second category, in four parts.
You have therefore been approved for a payment of US$500,000
(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1.This
is from a total cash prize of US$ 5 Million dollars, shared
among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this 2nd
category..
Congratulations! once more as all participants were selected
through a
computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand)
names of
email users around the world, as part of our international
promotion program.
Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you
keep this award confidential, till your claims has been
processed and your funds remitted to you.Your contact
fudiciary agent is below:
Name:Mr DAVID HUMFRE.
E-mail:agentdavid_humfre@yahoo.co.uk

UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.
YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H67/B4 (keep personal).
You are required to forward the following details to help
facilitate
the processing of your claims and certificate which will
facilitate the
release of your winnings.
1. Full Names:
2. Date of Birth:
3. Marital Status:
4. Sex:
5. Residential Address:
6. Occupation
7. Phone Number:
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
You are adviced to forward these informations to your
fudiciary agent as soon as possible to enable her file out
a claim for your prize winning package. Once again,
Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,
MR DAVE MILLER.
Director/LRO
UK Online International Lottery Co-ordinator.

Congratulation! (Emerged winner # 2)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam