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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:

• 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: <melett1@centrum.cz>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:51:30 +0200
Subject: Promotions/Prize Award Department


Promotions/Prize Award Department

Email Lottery Award.
Congratulaions.
Loomis Spain Sa
Calle Emilio Mario 108
28002,Madrid Spain.

Attention Lucky Winner,
Madrid,17 April.2009

Our entire Board wish to congratulate you over your email success in
our 2009 email promotions.We are happy to inform you that your email
address have emerged the Prime winner of 620,000 Euros.
It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users.
Your email address is attached to Ref No:Es/447/0-01/08/5-08/Sl,
Batch No:Eu/008/224/134/08,
Serial No:Sl08,Lucky No:Es008-Sl/008; and Promotion Date:17
April.2009.
To claim your winning prize,you are to contact the Appointed and
Sole Agent below as soon as possible for the immediate release of
your Winning Price.

1) Your Full Name:
2) Your Telephone Number:
3) Your Mobile Number:
4) Fax Number(If any)

Dr.Walter Perez
Loomis Spain Sa
Email:infomm@ozu.es

Congratulations once again.

kind Regards,
Anita Mendl(Mrs).Award Co-Ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam