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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:

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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "million 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
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.
- broken_fields@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Edencrest International" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <broken_fields@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 11:11:51 -0500
Subject: Edencrest Programs Canada

ATTN: WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Edencrest Lottery International programs held on the 24th of October, 2012 in Toronto, Canada. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 872 82435197 164 with Serial number 7792/11 drew the lucky numbers: 13-8-47-21-33-9, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a total cash prize of US $125 Million dollars shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this grand category.

This year’s Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for Edencrest Lottery. The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in Canada history. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2012 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our North-American booklet representative office in Toronto as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) would be released to you physically by our affiliate Bank. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.

All participants were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 email addresses. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.
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Name: Mr. Broken Finds
E-mail: broken_fields@aol.com
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,
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Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly completed early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claim.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Angela Peters
Edencrest Lottery Promotions Coordinator.

PS: Complete Claims Form Below:
1:FullName.......................................................
2:Address........................................................
3:Tel/Fax........................................................
4:occupation.....................................................
5:Date of Birth..................................................

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