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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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")
  • "foreign service manager" (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 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.
  • +447031844361 (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.
  • kentclaimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lotto lottery" <edrichards10@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:21:48 -0600
Subject: your email has won £980,840 .00

The U.K. National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL.
(customer service)
NOTIFICATION DESK
Attention:Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1064) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 04th March 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01,22,32,33,40 Bonus 48.Which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus
and one star with reffrence number APZ/50110-FPZA/006.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £980,840 (Nine
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Pounds ) in cash
credited to file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of
£15,796,133 (fiftheen Million Seven Hundred and Ninty Six Thousand one
Hundred and thirty three Pounds), shared amongst the 567559 and (02)
lucky winners in second category.
LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN Draw 1064 Sat 04 Mar 06 Your Prize Money £980,840.00
NUMBER OF MATCHES. No OF WINNERS. £s PER WINNER. TOTAL
Match 6 0 £5,408,113
£5,408,113
Match 5 plus bonus 15 £110,935 £1,664,025
Match 5 453 £2,295
£1,039,635
Match 4 26846 £85
£2,281,910
Match 3 540245 £10
£5,402,450
Totals 567559
£15,796,133

All participants for the online email version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This Online promotion takes place bianually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Oxfordshire (UK) as indicated in your ballot played
coupon. In view of this, your £980,840 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand
Eight Hundred and Forty Pounds ) would be released to you by any of our
payment department.
Our Fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program.
Please be warned!!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him
with the following payment details below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number(Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number :
13. Payment Method (Cheque / Wire/ Transfer):
14. Winning Email Address:

Uk Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. Edward Richards
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
62A Islip Road Oxford
Oxfordshire OX2 7SP
United Kingdom
Tel/fax: + 44 703 184 4361
E-mail -: kentclaimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
"Do not reply to this email,contact the fudiciary agents above "
Yours faithfully,
Teresa Marie Roberts (Mrs.)
Online cordinator.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline . 77635 476378 255667460

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