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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:

• 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")
• 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.
  • +447024028186 (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.
  • revfrankwhite23@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Prof.Mrs Rosemary Clark <profclark72@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:58:45 -0600
Subject: Dear Joel












New Feature




#15 Oxford Street
Liverpool L2 5QQ
United
Kingdom




















This
is to inform you that you have won a prize
money of Two Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand Great
Britain Pounds (GBP255,000) for the month of
September, 2007 Prize Promotion which is Organized
by YAHOO and
Aol.

YAHOO! AOL! collects all
the email addresses of the people that
are active online, among the millions that
subscribed to Yahoo and Aol. Six people are
selected monthly to benefit from this
promotion and you are one of the Selected
Winners.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND
CLAIM

Winners shall be paid in
accordance with his/her Settlement Center. Yahoo
Award must be claimed no later than 15 days from
date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed
within this period will be
forfeited.

Stated below are your
identification numbers:

BATCH
NUMBER:
YM 09102XN
REFERENCE NUMBER: YM35447XN
PIN:
YM09788

These numbers fall within the
England Location file, you are requested to
contact our fiduciary
agent in Liverpool and send
your winning identification numbers to
him;

Agent Name: Rev.
James F. White

E-Mail:
revfrankwhite23@yahoo.co.uk

Tel:
+44 702 4028186


You are advised to send your
winning numbers to your claims agent immediately
for the necessary guidelines on how to get your
prize.







Congratulations!! once
again.
Yours In Service,

Prof. (Mrs.) Rosemary Clark



...................................................................................................................................................











WARNING!

Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is
successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may
arise from double claim.

You may also receive similar e-mails
from people portraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is
solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over
your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the
notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly forward a copy to us and
delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such
person or body.

Yahoo shall not be held
responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned.
_________________________________________________________________
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