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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")
  • ",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)
• 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 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.
  • +27724733348 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • enquiressuk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • johnagent_02@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Green Don (PHD)" <enquiressuk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:27:16 +0200
Subject: UK- CONGRATULATION/WINNING NOTIFICATION




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(Yahoo! News - Lottery) UK/SA Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won £820.000! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


(Derbyshire Shop Syndicate)(Diane Downing)(Pete Kyle) The United Kingdom National Lottery is pleased to announce to you the results of the winners in our weekly online Sweepstakes International program.
All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £820,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED, TWENTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ) Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling) would be released to you through our Africa Agent.
Stated below are your identification numbers:BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-436508
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2006294522
PIN: 1256
To file for your claim, contact our accredited African agent immediately by phone or e-mail for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. His contact information is as follows: --

Mr. Riaan Louw
Tel: +27 7247 33348
Email: enquiressuk@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:enquiressuk@yahoo.co.uk] Office: 132-133 Parkhurst Balfour
Unit (F), Johannesburg Gauteng
2001 South Africa.
[http://us.f337.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=johnagent_02@yahoo.co.uk] You are to send the completed verification form below to the our Agent in Africa whose email address is given above so that you will be advised on what to do to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!! You have to fill up this information and send it back through our mail box. (1) REFERENCE NUMBER:

(2) BATCH NUMBER:

(3) FULL NAME:

(4) ADDRESS:

(5) NATIONALITY:

(6) SEX AND AGE:

(7) IDENTITY NUMBER:

(8) OCCUPATION: (9) AMOUNT WON: (10) TELEPHONE: (11) FAX NUMBERS:
(12) BANK NAME:

(13) BANK ADDRESS:

(14) ACCOUNT NUMBER:

(15) BANK SWIFT CODE:
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel. Note: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your Refereance Numbers: 2006294522 and batch numbers: MFI/06/APA-436508 in all correspondence and also contact your claim agent as directed.
.
Yours Sincerely,

Dr. Green Don (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
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