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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • williamakem@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: staatsloterij@elvigiaensenada.com
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:25:12 +0100
Subject: NOTIFICATION WINNING STAATSLOTERIJ NL!!

NOTIFICATION WINNING STAATSLOTERIJ NL!!
STAATSLOTERIJ NL AWARD 2007;
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Postbus 1334, 5902 RH Venlo.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Dear Winner,

Following official publication of results of the E-mail
electronic online Sweepstakes organized by the staatsloterij
corporation, the Slidecircuir award and the Heineken prizes
in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of
software products, (F.P.S.), held on the 29th of December,
2007, in Amsterdam The Netherlands, wherein your
electrononic email address emerged as one of the online
winning emails in the ?E category and therefore attracted
a cash award of $950.000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand
United State Dollar),

We write to officially notify you of this award and to
advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon
receipt of this message for more information concerning the
verification, processing and eventual payment of the above
prize to you.It is important to note that your award
information was released today the 9th of January 2008 with
the following particulars attached to it.

(I) Award numbers: TL 22/15409
(ii) Email ticket number: TL754/22/76
(iii) Lotto code number: TL09622NL
(iv) The file Ref number: TL/0534/30/05

Please contact the claim agents within 3 working days to
facilitate the release of your prize, You are required to
mention the above particulars of your award in every
correspondence addressed to the processing agents.

MR.BENNARD HOWARD
CLAIM MANAGER

MRS.CHRISY SCHUURMAN
PUBLIC RELATIONS
TEL/FAX;+31-847-377-911
EMAIL: williamakem@aim.com

Once again on behalf of all our staff,
CONGRATULATIONS;

Sweepstakes International Program.
staatsloterij.
Mrs.Rita Dirk

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam