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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")
• 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.
  • +447030401752 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045705003 (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.
  • michaelfield115@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY PROMO BOARD" <WEBDN95V401@prodigy.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:13:36 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)



FROM: UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER
BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING
NOTIFICATION
Ref: UK/9420X2/68,
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1158) of the UK
LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on
Saturday 17th
February, 2007. Your e-mail which subsequently won
you the
lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been
approved to
claim a total sum of £1,000,000(British Pounds).

Find your Winning Information below:

REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937
BATCH No: 2005MJL-01
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: S/N-00168
LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83
File No.ktu/9023118308/03

To file for your claim,contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr Michael Field

E-mail;michaelfield115@hotmail.co.uk
Tel : +44 704-570-5003
Fax: +447030401752

Congratulations once again from all members and staff
of this
program
From: Mr Lorraine Dodds. Online Co-ordinator

UK LOTTERY


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