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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "mrsmith11@terra.es" <mrsmith11@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:55:56 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL.




ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL
Posted: 2008-10-04 by Chandan Singh [send email]
WINNING PRIZE

HI, I HAVE ONE MAIL FROM info_mrsmith_james@yahoo.co.ukAND HE TOLD ME THAT YOU WON 2,50,000 US$ Dollars FOR OUR LOTTO LOTTERY PROGRAM AUSTRALIA. HE WAS TOLD ME TO CONTACT THIS BANK IMMEDIATELY : ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL FUNDS REMITTANCE AND CASH TRANSFER DEPARTMENT. RC 8326475 HE WAS SAYING ME TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY WITH THIS BANK, AND

SECOND DAY I HAVE ANOTHER MAIL FROM WWW.ZENITHBANK.NET THEY WERE TOLD ME THAT YOU ARE SENDING 2,500 US$ DOLLARS IN OUR ACCOUNT - ACCOUNT NAME:

RICHLY PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT LTD, ACCOUNT NO. 400304622838 AND SWIFT CODE:

HSBCHKHHKH. THEN THEY ARE TRANSFERRED MY WINNING

PRIZE, SO HOW CAN POSSIBLE. I HAVE SEND COMPLAINTS ON BEHALF OF THIS BANK SO PLEASE TAKE ACTION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

THANKS
mrsmith







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