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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 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.
  • mredwardcoley@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lincon award" <linconlotto7@e-mail.ua>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 03:46:00 -0700
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS HAS WON CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!


LINCON NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNERS (HEADQUARTERS)
ATTENTION: WINNER!!!
TICKET NUMBER: 9948739011
SERIAL NUMBER: 908809-EA
BATCH NUMBER : ABG-8648936711098

LINCON WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happly announce to you the draw of the Lincon Internationa Lottery
Sweepstake Online Lottery International programs held on the 8th of JULY,
2008 in BRESCIA ITALY Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:9948739011 with Serial number 908809-EA drew the lucky
numbers:AT-040SB06-03 , which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
US$2.500.000.00(Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in
cash credited to file RKL/6342894690197/09.This is from a total cash prize
of US $ 2.5 Million dollars,shared among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in
this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.This promotion takes place annually Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in
West Africa as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your
US$2.500.000.00(Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
would be released to you by our payment office in Africa. Our African agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent:

NAME: Mr.Edward Coley
EMAIL: mredwardcoley@gmail.com
TELEPHONE: 011-234-802-533-7339


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
Information.

1. Full Names: ------------------------------------------
2. Residential Address: ----------------------------------
3. Phone Number: --------------------------------------------
4. Fax Number:-------------------------------------------
5. Occupation: -----------------------------------------------
6. Sex: --------------------------------------------------------
7. Age : ---------------------------------------------------------
8. Nationality: -----------------------------------------------
9. Present Country: --------------------------------------------
10.Ticket Number:--------------------------------------------

Sincerely,
Lincon International Lottery Online Co-ordinator
Sweepstakes International Program

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam