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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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!

Fraud email example:

From: free_lottodrawhouseo147@walla.com
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:29:25 +0100
Subject: WINNIG NOTTIFICATION!!!!

Award Notification.




We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of your
selection as one of the five winners of the promotional Free Lotto Sweepstakes
held recently as part of our EXPERIMENTAL BONANZA. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,400,000.000USD.(One Million Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars.)


We in the Free Lottery Sweepstakes is by this program,Launching our
model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the
cravings of the ever-growing number of participants in our various
lottery programs. With funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts
to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.
After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database
of 300,000 emails all participants were selected through a computer ballot
system from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and
South America as part our International Promotions Program, which was
conducted in view of launching ourselves into the Sweepstakes Industry Worldwide
and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the
globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one
of the winners of the Grand Draw prize. You are to contact our agents by
email or fax within a week of receiving this notice.

Please contact your fiduciary agent



Smith Carpenter
External service manager,
Free lotto sweepstakes United Kingdom
EMAIL:free_lottodrawhouseo147@walla.com


In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent


Ref No: MELI-T/ 17-F044262312
Batch No:901/00319/HLP
Zonal Draw No: GMLA2-003
Grand Draw No: 12099


Congratulations once again.




Sincerely,
Mr.Danny Alvares
For The Lotto People
PO Box 42 Peterborough
PE3 8XH United Kingdom

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam