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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:
  • "fiduciary 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 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.
  • mailmarkserviceinfo505@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "msn sympatico" <sympatico465773@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:59:08 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!

The MSN/SYMPATICO LOTTERY

WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

We happily announce to you the draw (#649) of the MSN/SYMPATICO LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday, 13th of
september 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
19-30-32-33-38-41-14 (5 + bonus), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category
match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $154,126.10 (one
hundred and fifty four thousand, one hundred and twenty six dollars and
ten cent ) in cash credited to file U/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of $616,504.40. Shared with four (4) lucky
winners in this category.

Additional Information:

Jackpot winner(s) 3 Machine used for Draw PEARL, Winners by Lucky Dip
208656 Ball set used, All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, email providers, associations, and
corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your $154,126.10 would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your
claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. Mark Smith
Email: mailmarkserviceinfo505@hotmail.com

Good luck from me and members of staff of MSN Lottery team. For lottery
results go to our results page at:
http://lottery.sympatico.msn.ca/cgi-bin/english?job=show_results&lottery=na_lotto_649&month=9&year=2006

Sincerely,
The MSN!! Mail Team

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