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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447045758350 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:40:19 -0700
Subject: Copy This Email And Reply ( martins.walton@live.co.uk )

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Insigma Technology Co.,Ltd
Address: 226 tianmushan Rd Hangzhou,P.R.China
Republic of China
Tel: 0574-65563378
Winners Hotline: (+44)- 704-575-8350
Fax: 0574-63569811
NOTE: Copy This Email And Reply ( martins.walton@live.co.uk )
if you must get a response from him;

::::____COMPANY END OF YEAR EMAIL AWARDS____::::
Dear Winner,
We at Insigma Technology global office likes to officially congratulate
you for the draw that was just held by our company which featured you
as the third place winner.
Our company holds promotions each year just to promote our global
publicity and reputations as we plan to exploit more corners of the
world with our highly valued products line.This promotion is just one
of various ways we are presently using to achieve this global vision of ours.
Your email address with MICROS ID ( DVT-00110-WIN-108YR-8XJ ) was
luckily drawn to be this year's third place winner of a Brand New
2007 AUDI A5 car and a cash prize of $580,000 United States Dollars.This money
and gift we believe will enable you make some impact in the society and
possibly invest in our company in the near future.
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Prizes won : AUDI A5 car and $580,000 cash
Your Micros ID is : DVT-00110-WIN-108YR-8XJ
---------------------------------------------------
All you have to do is to contact Dr,Martins Walton who is our claims official in
Europe.. United Kingdom and can understand your english and some european
languages.See details of him below.
Name : Dr,Martins Walton
Email : martins.walton@live.co.uk
Address : 31 Marine Road Fct, London. United Kingdom
Phone : (+44)- 704-575-8350
When contacting the claims agent you should include the following
if you must get a response from him;
Full Name: _______ Address: _________
Occupation: ______ Country: _________
Telephone: ________ Fax Number: __________
Sex: _________ Age: _________-
Your Qualification number is: (DVT-00110-WIN-108YR-8XJ)
**************************************************
NOTE: Copy This Email And Reply ( martins.walton@live.co.uk )
if you must get a response from him;
We know you must be excited,skeptic and very happy about this news you
have just received from us and the truth is that we are doing this to
put smiles into homes and hearts of people worldwide.The only thing you will
need to pay to this company is to kindly place our company logo on the AUDI A5 car
that you have just won for a minimum of 5months.
Special greetings from the entire family of Insigma Technology Worldwide.
Signed,
Diane Ewing (Announcer)
________________________________________________________
*NOTE** Beware of email scam,So only reply to our claim agent which
email : martins.walton@live.co.uk direct for more info about your winnings.
Misconduct and non adherence to instructions leads to prize termination

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam