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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 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 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.
  • andersoncolenlc@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE MAIL" <officemail116@ig.com.br>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 20:21:51 +0100
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!


UK INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
LONDON ENGLAND.
FILE REF: CLP/24-FB-426253
BATCH: 42/450002/CLP/UK.

Attention: beneficiary,


Dear: Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded UNITED
KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY draw held on the 15th of May,2008. The online
cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated
random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this
automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of the two
winners in the category ''A'' with REF No: CLP/24-FB-426253, Serial No:
6448/372/NLC/UK. You and the several lucky winners in this category are
therefore to receive a cash prize of US$950,000 ( Nine Hundred and fifity
Thousand United States Dollars and each from the total payout.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category
\\"A\\<file://%22A//>winners for processing and remittance of your
prize money to you.

please contact the Claims Agent:
Name: Mr. Anderson Cole
Official Emails: andersoncolenlc@hotmail.com

NOTE: You are to forward the following information to the claims agent:

1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.AMOUNT WON:
10.CITY:
11.COUNTRY

Congratulations !

BELA DAVIES( MRS.)

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