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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million 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!

Fraud email example:

From: michael_gab@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:30:48 -0800
Subject: NOTICE

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF Number: SCA/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99


RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

ATTN : Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 25th SEPTEMBER 2006. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash
prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by DE LOTTO,(Biggest lottery Organization in the Netherlands) in collaboration with CRESTA WINNERS PROMOTIONS S.A,to advertise to the world its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballotsystem drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world,
as part of our international promotions program,which we intend to conduct several times a year.Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance,
which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account within 24 hours of completion of the authentication.

Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained.

This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & the Netherlands Gaming Control Board. This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants. All winnings must be claimed ON OR BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent Mr.Amini Jubile.Email:claimsmanager deprizedept5@hotmail.com.Tel:27-73-2072-366.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the following when replying:

Name:

Nationality:

Country of residence:

PASSPORT NUMBER:

Tel number:

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference number numbers in all correspondence.
Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours truly,


MICHAEL GAB.

De Lotto.

NOTICE:

You have received this message from De Lotto international prize dept. at your e-mail address because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors.If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended
recipient, you must not,directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail.

Thank you.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam