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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.

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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:
  • "yahoo/msn lottery inc" (no such lottery exists)
  • "yahoo/msn lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (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 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.
  • zonal_event_manager@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: yahoomsnlottery yahoomsnlottery <webdelivery10@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:42:18 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL EMERGE AS ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNER



Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incorporation1012 Glibert Street,P O Box 1010,Belfast London, Swt-017 Lsd,United Kingdom.YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATIONS 2007 DRAWThis is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (£1,200,000)One Million Two Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterlings forthemonth of JULY 2007 Lottery promotion which is organized by YAHOO/MSNLOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE. YAHOO, MSN, and MICROSOFT WINDOWS,collectedall the email addresses of the people that are active online, amongthe millions that subscribed to Yahoo, Hotmail and other email accountCorporate bodies. We only select 10 people every Month as our winners through anelectronic balloting System without the winner applying, wecongratulate youfor being one of the selected person/persons. Your e-mail address wasselected raddomly by our selecting machine and your email address madeyoua winner in the JULY 17 lucky winners draw for the (bonus No. 10),which subsequently won you the lottery.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of (£1,200,000)One Million Two Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterlings; incash credited to File Number. This is from the total cash prize of£12,000,000 (UK POUNDS) shared among the lucky winners in thiscategory. Allparticipants for the online version were selected randomly from theWorld Wide Webs and our server drawing system which extractedYAHOO/MSNand some other Associations and Corporations Bodies that are listedonline for email account marketing.PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMSYou are to contact our Fiduciary Agent on or before your date of Claim,Winners Shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.Yahoo/Msn Lottery Prize must be claimed no later than 10 days fromdateof Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Anyprize not claimed within this period will be cancel and returned backtous. You are to write to the Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incoperation FiduciaryAgent with the below details for the claims of your winnings.(Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incoperation Fiduciary Agent)Agent Name MARK BARRYAgent Mail: zonal_event_manager@yahoo.co.uk
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