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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 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.
  • +447045721880 (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.
  • parson6@yahoo.com
  • pcarson6@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Patricia Carson <pcarson6@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:46:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: UK LOTTERY


I RECIEVED THIS EMAIL AND DID SOME RESEARCH IT IS A FAKE PLEASSE REPORT IT
THANK YOU
PATRICIA CARSON
parson6@yahoo.com
National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /2651040103/07
Batch: 60/00611/SAT

GENUINE WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1194) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 02 June 2007. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 43855600514852 with Serial
number 7403/07 drew the lucky numbers: 01 10 33 35 38 43 34 (Bonus ball) which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £402,863 (Four Hundred
And Two Thousand, Eight Hundred And Sixty-Three Pounds Sterling) in cash
credited to file XYL /2651040103/07.

This is from a total cash prize of £1,611,448 (One Million, Six Hundred
And Eleven Thousand, Four Hundred And Forty-Eight Pounds Sterling) shared
among the Four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e. match 6. Although
tickets were not sold, 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 co-operate bodies that are
listed online.

This promotion takes place twice weekly (Wednesdays and Saturday). 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 £402,863 (Four Hundred And Two Thousand, Eight Hundred And
Sixty-Three Pounds Sterling) would be released to you by our payment office in
UK.

Our Fiduciary 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. 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 your fiduciary agent immediately
via the email below.

**********************************************************
Agents Name: James Keegan
Email: claims_agent@national-lotterycentral.com
Tel: +44 70457 21880
**********************************************************

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

NOTE: Winners are advised to keep their winning details/information from
the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending the transfer/claim
by Winner.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.

Cordially,

SIR GEORGE HARRIS
Online Coordinator
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.





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