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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:
  • "microsoft lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +22567152197 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:40:55 +0100
Subject: FELICITATION!!! MICROSOFT LOTTERY.INC 2008




CHER(E) LAUR=C9AT(E),

Nous vous contactons par cette pr=E9sente lettre
vous informerde votre gain =E0 la MICROSOFT LOTTERY.INC,
ceci n'=E9tant donc pas un spam ni un virus.=20
Veuillez trouver en fichier joint votre notification de gain.
Pour toutes r=E9clamations de votre gain, entrer en contact direct
avec: =20

CABINET D'ETUDE JURIDIQUE DE MA=CETRE JOSEPH BARON
Avocat accr=E9dit=E9 par la BILL GATES FOUNDATION LOTTERY 2008
01 BP 1856 ABIDJAN 01 (R=E9publique de C=F4te dIvoire)
Tel: 00225 67 15 21 97 / Fax: 00225 21 36 39 65
Email: contacthuissier_joseph.baron@voila.fr

Cordialement.

Monsieur PAUL MARTEL /Directeur des Op=E9rations
Coordinateur Internationale de la Loterie Am=E9ricaine.


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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam