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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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!
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +447031807882 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
- +66865990821 (Thailand, probably a mobile phone)
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.
- fl_claimasia@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Facebook "®" <pr_director02@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: fl_claimasia@o2.pl
Date: 23 Jun 2011 18:20:07 +0200
Subject: Facebook Notification!!

Facebook/Toyota Hybrid

Plot 101 Cornville

London, EC7 V9P

Congratulations!!

You have been selected as one of our ten winners in this month’s Facebook/Toyota hybrid Splash promotion selected from facebook online social network by our internet processing unit. The ten (10) winners were selected through facebook social network. Your winning numbers are attached to Ticket number 564-760-054-518-9 with Ballot number BT/12052006/20.

Your username and email address as the 5th beneficiary in this promotion was chosen from our Synchronized Random Selection System (SRSS). This promotion is sponsored with interests and proceeds generated from advertising, copyrights and by Toyota Auto Japan (world leading automobile sales). We wish to notify you also that your claim/award has fallen into the Asia/Pacific sub region with regional office in Bangkok Thailand.

Congratulations once again from the coordinator and staff of facebook.com/Toyota hybrid promotions. You have been approved for a winning 5th prize worth a whooping sum of nine hundred and fifty thousand Great British pounds sterling (GB₤950,000.00).

We will e-mail your winning certificate after your confirmation of this e-mail and interest in redeeming your prize. For details contact our regional officer and online coordinator Barrister Cristo F. Lead, (Tel; +66 865 990 821, E-mail; fl_claimasia@o2.pl, asia.pacific@windowslive.com) directly with the below information while quoting the above Ticket and Ballot Numbers;

Full Names:................................................................

Residential/Contact Address:…………………………………….........

Phone/Fax Numbers:……………………………..........................

Country/Nationality:....................................................

Personal Email Address:...............................................

Ticket Number(quote as above):....................................

Ballot Number(quote as above):....................................

Failure to complete the claims of your cash prize after 14 days of this notification will result in the revision of your prize. You are advised to commence your claims process immediately, by contacting the regional coordinator Barrister Cristo F. Lead who will be guiding you through the claims process. Congratulations, once more from the entire management and Staff of facebook/Toyota hybrid online promotions.

Mr. Williams Jones

Facebook/Toyota hybrid Promotions London England

Tel; +44 703 180 7882

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¬This e-mail and any attachments are for authorized use by the intended recipient(s) only. They may contain proprietary material or confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. They should not be copied, disclosed to, or used by any other party. If you have reason to believe that you are not one of the intended recipients of this e-mail, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and immediately delete this e-mail and any of its attachments. Thank you.

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