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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")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447024069973 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447024014261 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY" <uk_onlinelottogame4@msn.com>
Reply-To: claimsfudiciaryagent@luxmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:50:11 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

NOTIFICATION DESK
2,Monck Street,
London,
SW1P 2BQ,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
FILE NO: KPC/9080118308/02
TICKET NO: 56475600545188
BATCH NUMBER:UKNL/08178/05IK
 
                                                 
                                               UKNL NOTIFICATION DESK

   
   
     We happily announce to you the draw of the U.K National Lottery International programs held on the 14th January  2006 in Croydon London. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:  04-08-16-23-28-47-34, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total  sum of £600,000  british pounds in cash credited to file and batch numbers KPC/9080118308/02,UKNL/08178/05.This is from a total  cash prize of £6,000,000(GBP)  shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning  number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your  £600,000 british pounds would be released to you by our preferred payment center in London.Our agent will immediately commence  the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World  Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For  security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are 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.
 
AGENT:
Mr Larry Lugard
claimsfudiciaryagent@luxmail.com
Phone:+44 7024014261

           +447024069973

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY

 

    NKL Direct developed a mathematical system that improves our players’ chances of winning one of the richest, tax free, lump sum  lotteries in the world - The UK National Lotto, which has had a jackpot prize as high as £42,000,000 GBP (65,000,000 EUR).NKL’s  e-Lottery system is already working for thousands of members across the globe.Our results so far how 2474 syndicate wins and  121226 individual winnings payouts from just 229 Lotto draws. Whether you have or never played a lottery before, or you are a lottery expert, we have a system that is Simple -Convenient-Affordable - and Fun!  You have A Big Advantage.Playing by yourself with a single  entry, your odds of winning the jackpot  are 1 in 14 million. The good news is, playing
 
the e-Lottery system dramatically increases your  chances of scooping the jackpot by 86% and you also have a 1 in 13 chance of winning any prize.You only need 5 main numbers to WIN the JACKPOT, when everybody else needs 6 main numbers.This is a huge advantage!! 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 staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
 
Sincerely,
Sir Harrison Hayford
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.com

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