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

Fraud email example:

From: INTERNACIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD <o.loteria@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: infointeragents@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:37:53 +0200
Subject: INTERNACIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD


ONLAELOTERIA INTERNACIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD SPAIN
REFF:
OZA/7367/45/19/97
BATCH: 14/321/IPD/ES
www.onlae.com

We are pleased
to inform you of the result of the of the onlae loteria
Internacional
programs held on the 30h of september, 2006. Your e-mail
address
attached to ticket number 262818906-076 with game Number 54568
drew
lucky numbers 16, 18, 52,33,44,90 which consequently won.
You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 150,000.00 Euro.
(One Hundred and Fifty Thousand) CONGRATULATIONS!!
All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over
100.000.00 Company and 1.000.000.00 individual email addresses and
names from Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe North and South
America, Oceania and around the world.
To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent:

INTERCONTINENTAL FINANCIA AGENCY,S.L
MR.
ALBERTO JOHNSON

Email: infointercon@netscape.net

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
your
Winning information confidential until your claims have been
processed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participant.
Please, note that you will be required to pay for the issuance of your
winning certificate. Be notifying also that all winnings must be
claimed not later than 20th octuber, 2006. After this date all
unclaimed winnings will be null and void. In order to avoid
unnecessary
delays and complications remember to quote your reference
number and
batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should
there be any change of address do inform our agents as soon as
possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of
our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is
automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.R.T.Moolln
Winning
Co -coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam