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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")
  • "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.
  • fidagent0444@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.TOM WHITE" <officialmessage6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: virginlottopromo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:34:48 -0500
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION (Emerged Winner) REF: UNL/26510460037/02

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Centre,Bevan House.
51 Bevan Avenue London, United Kingdom
Sat 27 Jan 2007.

 

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT

 

REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

 

ATTENTION: WINNER,
 
                         RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION;FINAL NOTICE

 

We happily announce to you the draw (#1158) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 27 Jan 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459 with Serial number 5073-11, the lucky numbers: 04 15 21 23 24 38  Bonus ball 36
  
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 6.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,173,269(One million one hundred and seventy three thousand,two hundred and sixty nine pounds sterling) in cash credited to file REF NO. UNL/26510460037/02.

 

This is from a total cash prize of  £4,693,076  shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category. Draw 1158  Sat 27 Jan 2007.

 

Jackpot £4,693,076

 

NUMBER OF MATCHES No OF WINNERS £s PER WINNER TOTAL
 
Match 6   4      £1,173,269      £4,693,076
Match 5   plus Bonus 7     £206,289 £1,444,023
Match 5   479      £1,884 £902,436
Match 4   31671       £62 £1,963,602
Match 3   609356      £10 £6,093,560

Totals     641517     £15,096,697

Additional Information Jackpot winner(s) 4 Machine used for draw MOONSTONE Winners by Lucky Dip 216277 Ball set used 7  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.

 

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 £1,173,269 (One million one hundred and seventy three thousand,two hundred and sixty nine 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.

 

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent;
 
MR.John Clarkson
Email: fidagent0444@yahoo.co.uk
 
For due processing and remittance of your prize money, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 2weeks.  After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

 

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

 

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

 

Sincerely,
DR.TOM WHITE
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.co.uk

www.national-lottery.co.uk

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