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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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 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: =?iso-8859-2?Q?=22Ilona_Tajchnerov=E1=22?=
<ilona.tajchnerova@iol.cz>
Reply-To: livecourierpackagedelivery@live.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:08:02 GMT
Subject: ONLINE SELECTION!!!




You have been been approved to claim a total sum of =A3200=2C000 GBP POU=
NDS STERLING=2E From the Vodafone Online/Beijing Olympic Web email draws=
=2E =


Due to possible mix up of some numbers and email contacts=2C we ask that=
you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has be=
en =

processed and your money remitted=2E This is part of our security protoc=
ol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by some participants of=
this program=2E =


This is from a total cash prize of Two hundred million pounds (=A32=2C00=
0=2C000 GBP) Shared among the ten international winners in the 1st categ=
ory=2E =

Contact claims officer=2E Rev=2E Nikklas Flippo =


Email=3A vodafonefudiciaryconsultant2007=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk =


1=2E Full Names=3A =

2=2E Address=3A =

3=2E Age=3A =

4=2E Sex=3A =

5=2E Marital Status=3A =

6=2E Occupation=3A =

7=2E Phone numbers=3A =

8=2E Nationality=3A =

9=2ECountry of Residence=3A =


Yours Truly=2C =

Ilona Tajchnerov=E1 =

Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme)

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