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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:
  • "million british pounds" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • xangaweb@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "xanga lottery" <xangaweb@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:26:42 +0100
Subject: XANGA LOTTERY WINNER RESULT


Xanga - The Weblog Community.
Date: june 29 2008
Email: xangaweb@gmail.com

We wish to inform you of the yearly sweepstakes
program that your e-mail address has won an award
sum of a total cash prize of THREE
MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING.

Xanga lottery is approved to access all registered
email address on the internet,so take note that you
will not buy a ticket to win in xanga lottery the draws are
been played electronically by computer balloting
system which randomly select email address arround
the world that have been registered since 1995.
If your email receive email that you are a winner
and you register the email before 1995 then you
have been automatically disqualified.

CLAIMS REQURIEMENTS:
1.Name in full 2.Address 3.Nationality 4.Age 5.Sex
6.Occupation 7.Phone/Fax 8.Present Country

For claims Send the requirements to:
Mr Phillip Neville
email to: xangaweb@gmail.com
*************************************
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. ALLWELL STAURT
(Director of operations)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam