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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447024033664 (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.
  • euroagentsjb001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: notification_mail2007@mchsi.com (ONLINE DEPARTMENT)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:25:23 +0000
Subject: YOU WON IN THE UK LOTTERY!!!

U.K LOTTERY COMMISSION.
28 ROMFORD AVENUE,
FOREST GATE, LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.


REF: NBM /7743211884
BATCH: 017/04171/IPD

DEAR WINNER,

ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE ONLINE DEPARTMENT,WE
GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF £50,000, POUNDS STERLING
ONLY, IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS, HELD ON 2007-09-17.

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER BALLOTTING
SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND, AMERICA,
EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PROGRAM,
WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.

YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER: 025-1146-1992-750,WITH SERIAL
NUMBER: 2113-22 AND LUCKY NUMBERS: 2, 3, 5, 11, 14, 26, 27

(YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULTS ON www.alllotto.co.uk TO CONFIRM YOUR EXACT PRIZE
AMOUNT)

YOUR WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATOR,
THEREFORE YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT.

TO PROCESS YOUR PRIZE CLAIM, AT THE ADDRESS BELOW AND STATING YOUR,
FULL NAMES:
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND EMAIL ADDRESS:

Name: SIR JAMES BOYD.
(EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT.)

Email: euroagentsjb001@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +44 70 2403 3664

ONCE AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS ANGELA SMITH.
HEAD, ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
U.K LOTTERY.

WARNING:

1. YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING HIGHLY
SECRET,CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE,UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY
TRANSFFERED YOUR PRIZE, TO AVOID ANY LOSS OR DOUBLE CLAIMING.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOREFEITED, IF YOU FAIL TO CLAIM YOUR
PRIZE, ON OR BEFORE THE 25TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2007, SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam