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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.

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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")
  • "foreign service manager" (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)
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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 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.
  • +4407045706633
• 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.
  • contactnationalclaimsdept@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:23:45 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.



--
NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME
17 SEAFORD CRESSENT ROAD
SE1 7DD LONDON
REF: SGF/2318786648/04
BATCH: SBC/14/011/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the NATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS
held on the 20th of October 2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number TIK/34214004 with serial number SN/5772-54 drew lucky numbers
LDN/3-4-17-28-35-44 which consequently won in the 1st category.

You are therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.(One
Million Pounds)CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we
ask that you keep your winning information confidential untill your claims has
been processed and your money remitted into your account.All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and
50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.This
promotional program take`s place every three years.

To file for your claim, Please contact our Fiduciary Agent with your
informations such as;

Full Name:
Address:
Country:
Cell Telephone Number:
Sex/Age:
Occupation:

TO; The Foreign Service Manager by
Name: Mr.Martins Hillary
Email: contactnationalclaimsdept@yahoo.co.jp
Tel: + 44 (0) 704 570 6633

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30TH OF NOVEMBER 2008.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake Please
note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to
quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Kory Anderson
(Co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam