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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 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.
  • +31620706301 (Netherlands, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • fcasino6@aim.com
  • mailcasino@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FREE LOTTO PROGRAMS" <awardcenter@mynet.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:50:29 +1100
Subject: Your Email Won!Contact Agent.

CONTACT PROCESSING DEPARTMENT!!!
FREELOTTO PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL
Galeisstraat 8, 3314 KA Maastricht The Netherlands.
www.freelotto.com

REF No :MTY/2433/KJ14
BATCH No : MNL/2678/017
TICKET No : W-93237-H77/H7

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Freelotto email Prize
Winners International programs held on 8th September 2007, your email
address have been selected as one of the lucky winning address,therefore you
have been approved for a lump sum payout of 550.000.00 Euro (Five Hundred
and fifty thousand Euro)

To file for your winning claim, contact our approved agent with the
following informations below.

H.C.N AGENCY NL
Tel: +31-620-706-301
Fax:+31-847-186-586
Email: fcasino6@aim.com
Alt.Mail: mailcasino@excite.com
Mr.Lukas Dempsey.

(1) Full Name :
(2) Tel/Fax # :
(3 Ref, Batch and Ticket Numbers in the email received:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20th September 2007,after
this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody
under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Congratulation once more!!!

Mrs.Faith Martin.
Freelotto Sweepstakes Program.
Online coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam