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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:
  • "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447031917950 (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.
  • ezirp@myway.com
  • info_cgroup@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Urs Janz <onix6008@yahoo.es>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:31:52 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: scram mail


Dear Recipient,
We acknowledge the receipt of your mail.

CG Financial Services Limited, is upon agreement with TOTALIZATOR SPORTOWY LOTTO, obligated to handle all transfer matters between the lottery company and you the winner .You have been confirmed a "Zak³ady Specjalne Category Winner". Your claims file has been duly forwarded to this office with specific instructions that we shall be handling the transfer of your prize of $3,200,000 (Three million, two hundred thousand U.S dollars) to you the winner. We wish to congratulate you on your winnings; you are a lucky person to have won this lottery.

To begin your claims processing, you will be required to fill our lottery winning claims form to help facilitate the processing of your claims. You are to download; print, fill and send filled form via email attachment or fax. Please, find form attached herewith.
You are advised to forward your filled lottery claims form as soon as possible to enable us attend to your file. Also, you must keep your reference and batch number secret until your payment has been processed and your funds transferred into your account to avoid unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the situation.
You can verify and confirm your winning numbers from the weblink below by clicking on the link or copy and paste it in your web browser:
http://serwis.lotto.pl/183-41ff9ae4a3941.htm?id_gra=5&data=07-04-2007&sortuj=on&numer=0

Upon the receipt of your filled claims form, your details will be forwarded immediately to our legal deparment in regards to the preparations of vital documents necessary for the immediate transfer of your winnings to your account.

Sincerely,
Mr. Cowley Groves.
CG Financial Services Limited.
Consort House,
16 Victoria Street, Douglas,
United Kingdom.
Email: ezirp@myway.com
Alt. Email: info_cgroup@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE: +44 7031-917-950
FAX: +44 7040-900-618
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received this mail and you are not the named addressee, Please notify the sender.
The sender therefore does not accept liability for any error or
omission in the contents of this message, which arises as a result of e-mail
transmission.


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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam