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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 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.
  • colesmith234@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "williams charles" <charles.williams.2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:07:15 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON X2.5 MILLION POUNDS FROM UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
The National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010 Liverpool,
(L70 / 1NL)
UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services)

                    WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Dear winner
We happily announce to you the draw (#1198) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program
held on 4th April 2007 Your e-mail address attached to
Serial number 0363/06 drew the lucky numbers:
(03-15-21-88-35-26 bonus 33), which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category, i.e match 6 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
(£2.5 million pounds sterling) (Two million five Hundred
thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to your file
number (UK/BNL/9023118300/06).

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 yearly, Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in LONDON as indicated in your Email
Address In view of this, your ((£2.5 million pounds
sterling) (Two million five Hundred thousand pounds
sterling) Will be released to you Through any of our
payment bank.

Our london 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 until 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. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary

agent:
Mr. Cole Smith
EMAIL: colesmith234@yahoo.co.uk

 

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be
attached to it,is/are confidential and is/are intended for
the sole use of the individual (s) or entity (ies) to
which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,
copying ordisclosure by any other person or entity is
strictly prohibited under applicable law(s).Opinions, conclusions
and other information in this message that do not relate
to official business of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY and
insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor
endorsed by the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and insurance
when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and
any information contained in this email is subject to the
terms and conditions of the governing client's contract
(s).

Good luck from members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
MR CHARLES WILLIAMS

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2007 The UK National Lottery Inc. All
rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

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