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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • " lotto international " (no such lottery exists)
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • willssteven@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <Stevenwills@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:49:50 +0000
Subject: Your e-mail id has just won $900,000,00











Date:17TH NOV, 2008 REF N0: ZFN/22512567303/06BATCH NO: 86056490902/204 WINNING NO:ASUK/33/36/45/12/06/LWRE: AWARD NOTIFICATIONATTENTION: WINNERThe Asia U.K National Lottery/International wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by the United Kingdom lotto International promotions held on 29th June, 2007. Your email account has been picked as a winner of ($900,000,00) [ Nine Hundred Thousand United State Dollars]

We happily announce to you the draw (#1046) of the Asia UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 1st July, 2006 in NEWCASTLE UNITED-KINGDOM. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers :( 06, 09, 11, 33, 36,49and bonus ball 29) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

To file for your claim, contact on our e-mail for more details.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users for the promotion

Dr. Steven WillsEmail:WillsSteven@hotmail.com



For your information, return a copy of this letter during your reply.Copyright ?1994-2008 The UKNational Lottery Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.

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