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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:
  • "international lottery programme" (no such lottery exists)
• 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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: juliemark200@sify.com
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:57:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:claim25@yahoo.com.co



- EUROLINK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME.We are pleased to inform you today November 18th, 2008 of the result of the winners of the EUROLINK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME, held on the 31th of October,2008.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,500000 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file YL/26510460037/07.To file for your claim, Provide the information below:REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/0147X4/74 BATCH NUMBER:014/070/AY7 TICKET NUMBER:005-4432-971-8781.Full Name:3.Marital Status:4.Occupation:5.Age:6.Sex:7.Nationality:8.Country Of Residence:9.Telephone Number:Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.yours faithfullyMrs.Julie Mark EUROLINK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

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