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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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447031925646 (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.
  • lgclaimsofficer@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: prizeadmin.04@comcast.net (LG-ELECTRONICS PROMOTION)
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:02:53 +0000
Subject: ATTN: PRIZE WINNER


FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGER
LG-ELECTRONICS PROMOTION
LG House, 250 Bath Road,
Slough,Berkshire, SL1 4DX
United Kingdom

We are delighted to notify you of your prize release on the 22ND MARCH, 2008 from the LG ELECTRONICS COMPANY. Your e-mail was attached to
Ticket number 1110008342,
Serial number 6028808.
Batch Number 4-13-7-37-1 bonus number 20, which consequently won the lottery in the First category.

You hereby have been approved the total sum of £1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) in
cash credit file ref LGE/UK 110241/01 from the total cash prize of £50,000,000.00(ONE MILLION
GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) shared amongst 50 (Fifty) lucky winners in this category. All participant were
selected through a sorting and filtering program designed by LG TECHNICAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT from
50,000,000 (Fifty Million) e-mail addresses from the web in a bid to promote reliance on the telecommunication industry as a global and convenient means of communication. This is part of our
international promotions program which is conducted yearly to promote the use of mobile phones and Lg
electronics with the world as a global village.LG collects all the E MAIL ID of the people that subscribes to yahoomail, msn, hotmail, aol, and others online, among the billions that subscribe to us
only Fifty people will be merge for winnings. we only select fifty peopl e every Month as our winners through LG ELECTRONICS BALLOTING SYSTEM without the winner applying, we are congratulating you for having
been one of the lucky people that won for this month.Your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your GBP £1,000,000.00(ONE MILLION GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.


TO CLAIM YOUR £1,000,000.00 PRIZE CONTACT OUR CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT BELOW:

Mr James Keegan (Esq).
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order
Department,CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
LG HOUSE, BERKSHIRE, SL14DX UNITED KINGDOM

EMAIL: LGCLAIMSOFFICER@GMAIL.COM
PHONE: +44-703-192-5646

Note that all claims process must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation or double claim.
Also to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your Reference/Ticket Numbers in any
correspondences with our
designated agent.

Regards,
Dr Mrs. Darryn Clarke

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam