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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447011148877 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • microsoftlotto_claimsdepartment@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YAHOO MICROSOFT PROMOTION <samuelbent005@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <agentdavidwest_001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:01:14 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION YAHOO/MSN ONLNE LOTTERY























YAHOO/ MSN ! Lottery Results. You won £500.000! The Board Congratulates You!






Yahoo/Msn Mail announces to you being one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo/Msn Lottery Draw for the month of March 2007.

All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted monthly.Consequently, you have been approved for a total pay-out of 500,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom ,and your prize of 500,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers.......................

Batch number.....................YMSN/09445
Lotto number.......................YMSN/09446
Winning number...................YMSN/09447

Our agent for notice of claims ,copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:

FIDUCIARY AGENT : MICHAEL STEWART
Email:microsoftlotto_claimsdepartment@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+44 7011148877

You are to send the completed verification form below to our Agent in the United Kingdom whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once again!

1. FULL NAME...................................................................
2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...............................................
3. PRESENT ADRESS........................................................
4. AGE..................................................................................
5. OCCUPATION...............................................................
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER..............................................
6. FAX NUMBER (IF ANY).............................................
7. MARITAL STATUS.......................................................
8. WINNING NUMBER...................................................

9. BATCH NUMBER......................................................
10.LOTTO NUMBER......................................................
11.DATE NOTIFIED........................................................12.AMOUNT WON..........................................................13.SEX...............................................................................
14.STATE.........................................................................

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize,released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims.




Yours Sincerely,

Dr. SAMUEL BENT.
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.










Yahoo/MSN Lottery Results
Yahoo/Msn Lottery is a free service that does not require you to register or be a Yahoo registered user,before winning. NOTE : You do not have to buy a ticket to qualify you for this promotion.


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