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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • uknationallotteryltd@unionplus.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uknationallotteryltd@UnionPlus.net
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:46:42 +0200
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?[HOAX]:=20UK=20NATIONAL=20LOTTERY.?=


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Panda Antivirus 2007 has detected that this message is a hoax.

It is a message with content aimed at deceiving users, therefore it is recommendable to ignore it and delete it.
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The National Lottery,
P O Box 1010,
L70 1NL Liverpool,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Batch: 074/05/SY102
Ref: UK/9420X2/510

Date:16/01/2007


WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online weepstakes International program held on the 15th 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:12-18-22-24-32-33(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £750,000 (Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £3,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
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 periodically. 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 £750,000 (Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices 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 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.
The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell computers,Mckintosh and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY internet draw is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 400 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the claims agent with the form below,You are required to fill this form to facilitate the processing of your
claims which will lead to the payment of your prize to you as required.

PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
10.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

12. COUNTRY________________________________

FUDICIARY AGENT:Mr. Collins John
Email: uknationallotteryltd@UnionPlus.net
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Saint Courage.
Online coordinator
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.


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Panda Antivirus 2007 has detected that this message is a hoax.

It is a message with content aimed at deceiving users, therefore it is recommendable to ignore it and delete it.
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