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

Fraud email example:

From: "THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <coordinator_lloyd0090@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:50:31 +0000
Subject: FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1170) of the
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
program held on Sat 10th March, 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers:
01-09-16-34-38-41 (bonus no.04), which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five Hundred
Thousand pound sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £4,500,000 shared amongst
the (9) 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.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and
privacy and the selection process was carried out through
random selection in our computerized email selection machine
(TOPAZ).

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 £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand pound sterling) would be released
to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

This Promotion is approved by the British Gaming Board and also
licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR).

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 claims 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.

To file for your claim, please contact our oversea claims
agent.

Fiduciary Agent: Mr. Edward White
Official Email: ukclaimsagent_white@yahoo.co.uk

NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers. Endeavour to go
to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://national-lottery.co.uk/p/results.do

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd,
Online coordinator,
THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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