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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.
  • agent.thompson40@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUATERS" <will.hill.245@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:00:04 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOUR EMAIL ID WON X2,500.000.00

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
101 Wigmore Street
London
W1U 1QU.

CUSTOMER SERVICE
Ref. Number: KPC/9080118308/02/TCA
Batch Number: 12/25/0034
Ticket Number: 564 75600545 18
Serial Number: 5388/02
WINNER NO: 5

CONGRATULATION!!!


We happily announce to you the draw (#1028) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program on held March 13th 2007. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 18 with Serial number
5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7 (bonus no.03), 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 £2,500.000.00(Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a total cash prize of £95,000,000.00
(Ninety Five Million Pound) shared amongst the first Nine (9) lucky winners
in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
Worldwide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over100,000 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, you have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500.000.00(Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand pounds sterling).This sum will be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

Our European agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims
is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent:
********************************************************
SERVICE MANAGER, TRANS ATLANTIC COMPANY,
RELEASE ORDER DEPARTMENT, UNITED KINGDOM.
CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER CONTACT:
E-MAIL: agent.thompson40@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE ::+( 44)-701-4218-562
MR. THOMPSON RICE
CLAIMS AGENT
********************************************************
For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on any of
our official numbers as stated in notification e-mail. Good luck from me and
members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
William Hill.

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