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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "microsoft corporation word lottery"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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!
• 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.
  • kelvin_markson09@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT" <interward001@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 17:58:58 -1100
Subject:

CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL WON!!!

MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY TODAY AROUND THE WORLD

FROM THE DESK OF E-MAIL
PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORD LOTTERY
AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS..

Reference No:GP 14-M-246-04
BATCH NO: 573881545-NL/2006
WINNER NO: 1
ELECTRONIC E-MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual
draw of our LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Programs. The online cyber lotto
draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses
of
individuals and corporate institutions,picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet.No tickets were sold.
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a
winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached Ref
Number:GP 14-M-246-04,Batch Number:
573881545-NL/2006 and Ticket Number: PP 3502 /8707-01.
You are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00. ( Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand ) from the totalpayout.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,
verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To file in for the
processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our
Certified and Accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the
information below:
************************************************
MR.KELVIN MARKSON
Phone: 00 31 633 757 078
Email: kelvin_markson09@yahoo.de

You are advice to provide him with the following information:

Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Age:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than (14) days;
thereafterunclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to
quote your reference information in all
correspondence. You are to keep all lottery information confidential,
especially your reference and ticket numbers.
(This is important as a case of double claim will not be tolerated).Members
of affiliated agencies are PROHIBITED from participating in this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address, do inform our agent
as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our Promotional Program.

This email may contain information which is confidential and/or
privileged. The information is intended solely for the use of the
individual or entity named above. If you ar not the intended recipient,
be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the
contents is prohibited.If you have received this electronic
transmission in error,please notify the sender by telephone or return
email and delete the material from your computer.

regards,

Walter Jones.
Lottery Coordinator.

SINCERELY,


Mrs.Jenneke van Deuren
(PROMOTIONS MANAGER).
LOTTERY SPONSORS : CHIEF SPONSORS;

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam