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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.
• 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.
  • bemailpromotion@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "British Email Promotion" <email@mail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: bemailpromotion@aim.com
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:06:09 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU JUST WON 820,000 Pounds

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
BRITISH EMAIL PROMOTION
35,CLARENCE STREET,
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA,ESSEX
SS1 1BH
*****************************
REF No: BEP/7151257440/06
BATCH No: 21/2011/IPD
*****************************
RE: EMAIL RESULT NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the recent result of our Email Games
Promotion held on 24th of February 2007. Your E-mail Address attached to
ticket number 837/64378381 with serial numbers 783642 drew the lucky numbers
09-13-29-33-49,with bonus ball 02-22 which consequently won the lottery in
the 2nd Prize.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
750,000(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand) E-mail Addresses from Asia,
Australia, Middle East, Europe, United State, Canada, South-America and
Africa, as part of our Email promotion programs which we conduct every year.


You are therefore been approved for the lump sum payout of #820,000.00(Eight
Hundred And Twenty Thousand Pounds) credited to Account Number
305-73645828.This is from the total cash prize of #22,750,500.00(Twenty Two
Million, Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand, Five Hundred Pounds Only) Shared
among the fourteen international winners in different Prize categories

To begin your claim, please forward your full details including your full
name,full address,direct phone number, with all your winning details to this
e-mail address:bemailpromotion@aim.com. Please don't hestitate to contact us
for necessary assistance as regards to your claim and final release of the
prize money to your designated bank account

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence
with us.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 10 days from the winning
date. After this date the entire fund will be returned to the INLAND REVENUE
as unclaimed.

Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International promotions
program.

Best regards,
Mr Michael Smith(Lottery co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam