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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • david.howell@national-onlinelottery.org.uk.tt
  • david.howell888@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "David Howell" <david.howell@national-onlinelottery.org.uk.tt>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:47:19 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE


[image: The National Lottery
logo]<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do>

*The National Lottery* *P
O Box 1010*
*Liverpool, L70 1N*
*UNITED KINGDOM
Tuesday, 11th March 2008
**
*
CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE

We hereby seek to your receipt that we all in the National UK Lottery
congratulate you as you have been verified as a winner and you have been
found worthy to collect the lump sum of *£4,556,043 (**Four Million, Five
hundred and fifty-six thousand, and forty-three Pounds Sterling)**) *.

Your Fudiciary Agent, Mr Brian Hollis was here and he presented the
documents along with your clearance form which shows that you are the
rightful winner with ticket number 56475600545188 which he also brought
here. He was here with an affidavit on your behalf as well.

We are happy to inform you that after our verifications/investigations, the
payment has been finally approved to be made in your name as above as the
real winner.

To claim your prize, You are advised to go to our payment office either in
London to sign the {fund release order documents} to enable us wire the
money into any bank account of your choice or write you a check on or before
Monday, 24th March 2008.

You are to come to London with these items.

1) Your international passport for identification or a valid form of
identification.
2) Two copies of your passport photograph.

Please indicate your Expected date of arrival to London so that i would
furnish you with further instructions and directions.

Once again, congratulations on behalf of the National UK Lottery Board.
I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible. Once again, for your
security, your names and email shall not be displayed here.

*
SIR DAVID HOWELL
david.howell@national-onlinelottery.org.uk.tt
david.howell888@yahoo.com
**
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD
COPYRIGHT (c) 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
*

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