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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.
  • wins_claims@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "winner2_up@terra.es" <winner2_up@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 09:26:29 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Winning Alert



ASIA ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
ASIA ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).
(24hours)CUSTOMER SERVICE
WINNING NOTIFICATION:Registration Z720633X
WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER
(NO TICKET WAS SOLD)
We happily announce That the draw (#966) of Asia Online Lottery Raffle Draw held on 5th

April 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 which

subsequently won you one of the Thunder Ball Prizes.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of (One million two hundred thousand

Dollars ) ($1,200,000) in will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Malaysia.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Claims Department
contact our fiduciary
Mr. Wong Vanfrant,
Tel:+601-735-64-103
Email:wins_claims@yahoo.com.hk

VERIFICATION FORM
1.FULLNAME 2.E-MAIL ADDRESS 3.FULL ADDRESS 4.SEX 5.AGE
6.OCCUPATION 7.TEL 8.COUNTRY 9.AMOUNT WON
INDICATE YOUR MODE OF PAYMENT:
**VIA COURIER DELIVERY............................
**VIA BANK WIRE TRANSFER..........................

Good luck from me and members of Asia Online International Lottery
Mrs.Rita Tung Po
Online Co-ordinator
Asia Online International Lottery
Copyright ?1994-2007 The Asia National Lottery





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