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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)
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +27781527272 (South Africa, 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.
  • wilsondube29@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: l.b_39@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:45:45 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS '' YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION ''.

FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS AWARD DEPARTMENT CANADA.

Date: Fri Jul 7, /06,
Ref: MXE/061725/06,
Batch: TXC/6490902/188,
Winning No: Quot 3/4

CONGRATULATIONS

Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your winning prize release on the Fri July 7, 2006
from the Canadian International Lottery program.

Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: B/7056490902, serial
number: 889002/04/05/2006. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 8 9 20 27
32 40 46 bonus number 41 , which consequently won the lottery in the second
category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of US$ 1,620,000.00 (ONE MILLION, SIX
HUNDRED AND TWENNTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 474061720/05
from the total cash prize of US14, 000,000.00 shared amongst sixteen lucky winners,
based on their category.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as part of
their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have their
operational base.

Please do contact your Claim Agent:

MR WILSON DUBE (M.D).
CANADIAN LOTTERY BOARD
Phone: + 27 78 152 7272.
Fax: - + 27 11 507 5835
Email: wilsondube29@hotmail.com

Please, quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on the top
left corner of this notification as well as your full names and address to help
locate your file easily.

Congratulation

Susan Davies (coordinator)
Address: 1450 Don Mills Rd.,
Don Mills, Ont. M3B 2X7
Tel/fax: 1 831 303 7536
www.canada.com

Note: your confirm your winning by clicking on the following information:
{http://www.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=7}

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam