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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:
  • "claims office" (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 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.
  • j_vanvoort67@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " POWERBALL LOTTO. BV" <gparnell@cut.iserver.net>
Reply-To: j_vanvoort67@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:16:18 -0000
Subject: NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!!



POWERBALL LOTTO. BV
POWERBALL-WHEEL E-GAME 2008
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM

Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!!

This email confirms that you have been notified of by the
POWERBALL INTER LOTTO BV The Netherlands of your email
lottery winning for 2008 Powerball Lotto - Wheel E-game held
on 1/20/2008.

We wish to congratulate you on the selection of your email
coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky
consolation prize winners.

Your email ID identified with Coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was
selected by Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) with
ntries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled
for the Lotto-Wheel E-game.

Your email ID included among the 50,000 different email
addresses where submitted by our partner international email
provider companies.

Prize Ref No.: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Lottery Group: Consolation Prize Group
Prize Amount: US $500,000 Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only

You are required to file claims for your lottery prize
winning by contacting the Lottery Claims Processing Officer
with your winning information provided above.

Lottery Claims Officer:
Name: Mr.John Van Voort
Email:j_vanvoort67@hotmail.com

WebSite:www.powerball.com
DRAW DATE :1/5/2008.
POWERBALL WINNING NUMBERS:4,11,16,33,40 (bonus:9)

Congratulations once again from all our staffs on your
solation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our
forth coming Powerball Lotto-Wheel Email-games.

Yours truly,
(Lottery Co-ordinator)
Andre Van Duin

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam