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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:

• 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.
  • +447031995969 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • uknlsec_dept04@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Cook, Amiee G" <Amiee.Cook88212@go.hindscc.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:05:06 +0000
Subject: Winning Letter From The Lottery Board

Dear Lucky Winner
We wish to congratulate and inform you On the selection
today,and your email won sum of 850,000.00 GBP in our
online email lottery in which e-mail addresses are
picked randomly by computerised balloting, powered
by the Internet. Your email address was amongst
those chosen for this period.
********************************************************
1.Agent Name: Mr Kevin Cool
2.Agent Email: uknlsec_dept04@hotmail.com
3.Agent Tell: +447031995969
*********************************************************
Claims Requirements:
1.full name:
2.Home Address:
3.Age:
4.Sex:
5.Tele:
6.Occupation:
7.Country Of Residence:
8.Nationality:
9.Amount Won:
10.Religon
Send All Information To This Email ( uknlsec_dept04@hotmail.com )
************************************************************
Congratulations once more from all members
and staff of this program.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam