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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")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • +448704793290 (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.
  • foreignaward1_claimoffices@yahoo.co.uk
  • officialagent1_claimcenter@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uk dept <ukcustomercare17_dept@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 14:57:52 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION
























YOU HAVE WON £1,000.000 ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING

DESK OF DR.MITTCHEL POWELL
YAHOO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL BARLEY HOUSE HAROLD ROAD
UNITED KINGDOM.TEL/FAX:+44 870 479 3290.




MOTTO: FIGHTING POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD

Dear Eligible Winner,

YAHOO LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from YAHOO!E-BUS TEAM International Lottery Program. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail addresses, your e-mail was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17, which consequently won the lottery in the FIRST CATEGORY. You hereby have been approved a lump sum of £1,000.000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING) in cash credit file Ref ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of £25,000.000.00 shared amongst (TWENTY FIVE) lucky winners in the FIRST category.

SERIAL NUMBER; 47061725 07056490902LUCKY NUMBER; 5-13-33-37-42REFRENCE NUMBER; 7741137002

All participant were selected through our sorting and filtering program designed by YAHOO E-BUS ORGANIZATION from 1,000,000.00(One million) e-mail addresses from the web because you have once visited one of Yahoo! sponsored sites. This is part of our international promotions program which is conducted monthly to promote the use of the internet with the world as a global village. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by YAHOO E-BUS TEAM! We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for £2.5 Billion international draw.

YAHOO, collects all the E MAIL I D of the people that subscribes to yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol, altavista, and others online, among the billions that subscribe to us only Fifty people will be merged for winnings. we are congratulating you for been one of the lucky people that won .

you are to contact your Claims Agent on or before your date of Claim, Winners shall be paid in accordance with his/her Settlement Centre.
Yahoo Lottery Prize must be claimed not later than 15 days from date of Draw Notification after the Draw date in which Prize has won. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in SOUTH AFRICA as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your won prize will be released to you by any of our payment Banks in Africa,Asia or it's correspndence Bank in UK .Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him through the email address or telephone numbers as directed below.


This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this lottery programmes, Be warned ! !.
To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent with the verification form below:SOUTH AFRICAN Fiduciary Agent for YAHOO- UK- SA PROMOTIONS.NAME: MR.CLINTON BOTHA.
Email ADDRESS:foreignaward1_claimoffices@yahoo.co.uk
officialagent1_claimcenter@yahoo.co.uk
216,COMMISSIONER STREETJOHANNESBURG 2001SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:0027 83 681 2489
TEl/FAX: 0027 86 602 2933.
KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW,CALL AND SEND IT TO HIM
=====================================================

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:...............

CONTACT ADDRESS:.......................................................

CITY/STATE:........................................................................

COUNTRY:............................................................................

NATIONALITY:...................................................................

SEX:.......................
AGE:.......................

MARITAL STATUS: ...........................................................

TEL NO: ............................FAX:..........................................

E_MAIL ADDRESS:............................................................

OCCUPATION: ....................................................................

AMOUNT WON: £1,000.000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING ONLY)
REFENCE NO:................

LUCKY NO:..................

SERIAL NO:.........

SECURITY
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 claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel and your fund amount transfer is free.Note, all winnings MUST be claimed otherwise the funds will be returned as unclaimed.
Congratulations, once more from the entire Management and Staff of YAHOO E-BUS TEAM. Thank you for being part of this promotional email lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,



DR.MITTCHEL POWELLPROMOTER GENERAL
HEAD OFFICE.
UNITED KINGDOM






Security Advice :At The Yahoo International Lottery we understand the importance of security. That's why we've created highly secure facilities to give you confidence during our promotions programs or when you play our games online, on TV via Sky Active or using your
mobile phone to play by text. Warning: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be using Yahoo International Lottery addresses, but are not from us. If you receive similar email that is not from us, kindly disregard/discard it immediately. Do NOT reply any such email but genuine email from us via this email address. Our security pages that will give you more information about current scams and what measures you can take to protect yourself.

NOTICE: You have received this message from Yahoo International Lotto Lottery prize dept. because you have visited one of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors. If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail.
Thank you.
MANAGEMENT
YAHOO LOTTERY ORGANIZATION
UNITED KINGDOM.
_________________________________________________________________
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