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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447031954125 (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.
  • fiduciaryoffice1.fredmartin@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "info_webofficer@terra.es" <info_webofficer@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 01:02:58 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Congratulation""""you have won



The Camelot Group,:
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

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REF N=C2=BA:UKL/74A0802742007
BATCH N=C2=BA: 2007UKL-01
=20
Winning Notification
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The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results o=
f the E-mail address ballot New year lottery international program by Great=
Britain held on the 1st March, 2007. Your email account have been picked a=
s a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand, n=
ine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds=20
(=C2=A3891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:UK=
L/74-A0802742007. This is from total prize money of GBP =C2=A34,459,670.00 =
shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.
=20
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World W=
ide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names dat=
abase, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This=
promotion is this year's United KingdomNational Lottery new Year bonanza. =
The Camelot Group, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery is appr=
oved by the British Gaming Board and also=20
Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators(IAGR).
=20
All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notifi=
cation. After this time all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Uni=
on Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays =
and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all cor=
respondence.
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Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims h=
as been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our secur=
ity protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program=
.
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To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent:

Mr Fred Martin.
Tel: +447031954125
Fax; +448704793201
Email: fiduciaryoffice1.fredmartin@yahoo.co.uk

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of=
your prize money..
Note below your winning details:
Ticket N=C2=BA: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial N=C2=BA: A069-07
Lucky N=C2=BA: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF N=C2=BA.: UKL/74-A0802742007
BATCH N=C2=BA.: 2007UKL-01
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of ou=
r promotions program.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,
Operator of The National Lottery.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result t=
o disqualification.
=20
NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immedi=
ately.=20
=20
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to =
quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.
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*IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:
Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly proces=
sed and settlement made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the ap=
propriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to fa=
cilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process.=20
The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate commen=
cement of prize remittance.
*Name of Beneficiary:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin:
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:
OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
Confirmed by: ________________
CLAIMS AGENT SIGNATURE:____________
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NB:You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid un=
necessary delays and complications,please remember to quote your reference =
number in every one of your correspondences.





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