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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447011137117 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: morrison smith <morrison_111@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 12:07:36 +0100
Subject: BRITISH DRAW RESULT



P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L701NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer's Service Center)Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVICE We happily announce to you the draw (#1020) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 6th june, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10 14 26 28 33 38 23
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. Match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £9,767,607(Nine million, seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand, six hundred and seven pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £18,535,214 shared amongst the two (2) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6. 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. In view of this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £9,767,607(Nine million, seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand, six hundred and seven pounds sterling) which 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 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.DONALD MARRISONEmail: claimsdispatcher_101@yahoo.co.ukTel: +447011137117 For the immediate release of your funds you are to provide the following details to our fiduciary agent; FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................ CONTACT ADDRESS:.................................. CITY/STATE:....................................... COUNTRY:.......................................... NATIONALITY:...................................... SEX:.......................AGE:................... MARITAL STATUS................................... TEL NO:........................................... NEXT OF KIN:...................................... AMOUNT WON:....................................... REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:.............. LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO.............. SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:.......... Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully,MR ANTHONY PARKEROnline coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program. CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
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