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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")
  • "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.
  • +447031970318 (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.
  • oxfordoffice22@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Online Draws Notification" <www_desk21@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 10:38:03 +0000
Subject: :CONGRATULATIONS!! Your email has won X544,175.00 .

The U.K.National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL.
(customer service)NOTIFICATION DESK
Results:http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

Attention: Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1123) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 27 September 06 .

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 4405600545 766 with reference
number ST/5T-0110-FPZ/06 and Serial number 5368/02 ,Batch number XA887-2P,
drew the lucky numbers: 02,03,16,27,44, Bonus 24.Which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. matches 5 plus bonus ball and One Star
.

You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of £544,175 .00 (Five
Hundred and Forty Four Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Five Pounds) in cash
credited to file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of
£12,092,274 (Twelve Million Ninty Two Thousand and Two Hundred and Seventy
Four Pounds), shared amongst the 370926 with (07) lucky winners in second
category.

LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN Draw 1123 Wed 27 Sep 06 Bonus
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Jackpot for this draw £2,476,003
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No of matches No of winners £s per winner Total payout
Match 6 1 £2,476,003 £2,476,003
Match 5 plus Bonus 7 £108,835 £761,845
Match 5 346 £1,376 £476,096
Match 4 18370 £57 £1,047,090
Match 3 352202 £10 £3,522,020
Totals 370926 £12,092,274
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Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for
draw Ball set used
1 108875 AMETHYST 2
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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 every two months.

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 £544,175 .00 (Five Hundred and Forty Four
Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Five Pounds) would be released to you by
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 your winning email details .remember to quote your reffrence numbers.

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. Richard Lloyd
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
2A Islip Road Oxford,
London OX2 7SP
United Kingdom
Tel/fax : + 44 703 197 0318
: + 44 703 197 0319
E-mail : oxfordoffice22@yahoo.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
"Do not reply to this email, contact the fiduciary agents by telephone or
email above "

Yours faithfully,

Teresa Marie Roberts(Mrs.)
Online coordinator.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline . 77635 476378 255667460

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