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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 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.
  • +447031911083 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • ukfiduciarypaul@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "lotterynotice depatment" <resultnoticedepatment@ukresultnotice2005.net>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:02:48 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

 

  

                                                                                UK LOTTERY

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Fax: 44 (0)871 361 5831

YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the UK-Lottery International
programs.
Held on the MONDAY 3RD OF OCTOBER 2005 in LEEDS UNITED-KINGDOM.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number,5368/02

drew the lucky numbers:11-12-15-22-24-26-27 , which subsequently won you

the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim

a total sum of £500,000(FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND  POUNDS STERLING)   in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/ 03.This is from

a total cash prize of £500,000 000(FIVE HUNDRED MILLION   POUNDS STERLING), shared amongst the
first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through

computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This
promotion

takes place annually. Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your
play coupon.
In view of this, your £500,000(FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND  POUNDS STERLING)  would be released to you by our payment

office in europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the
process
to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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 c laim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary
measure to avoid 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 this email address below ..........

UK PAUL
ukfiduciarypaul@hotmail.com

Tel: +44-703-191-1083

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK To avoid unnecessary
delays
and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences
with us or our Rdesignated agent. Congratulations once more from all
members
and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.

Sincerly yours,
MR HOFFMAN
UK LOTTERY Co-ordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam