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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.

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:

• 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")
• 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.
  • +447011131144 (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.
  • fiduciaryagentbrian1984@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uklottery promo1984" <promo1984@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:45:36 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw 1102 of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on July 15th
2006.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,850,000.00
(One Million Eight hundred & Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/90231108/03 with winning number
06.12.19.20.38.39.[13]
and Coupon Number 5647560054

All participants for the online 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 promotion takes place weekly until the end of the
year.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers,
this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To claim your prize, please contact the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY FIDUCIARY
AGENT .

MR BRIAN ADAMS
EMAIL : fiduciaryagentbrian1984@yahoo.co.uk
<http://mail.google.com/mail/닜ׄ紿Ͽ>
TELEPHONE NUMBER:+44 701 113 1144

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Mark Richards
Online coordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam