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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")
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447045776339 (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.
  • f.dickson45@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Charity Foundation <ukfoundation.charity@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: f.dickson45@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:18:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


UK CHARITY FOUNDATION AWARDS PROMOTION
SUITE 23-30, LION TOWERS
CENTRAL LONDON, ENGLAND.

WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

Dear Winner,

We are pleased
to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the UK
MARGARET THATCHER CHARITY FOUNDATION LOTTERY PROMOTION draw held on
the 5TH July 2007. All 10 winning addresses were randomly selected
from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails. Your email address
emerged alongside 9 others as a category 2 winner in this year Annual
UK MARGARET THATCHER CHARITY FOUNDATION LOTTERY Draw. Consequently,
you
have therefore been approved for a total pay out of 1,000.000.00
0(GBP)
The following particulars are attached to your lotto
payment order:

(i) Winning Numbers: 06 16 17 22 24 45
(ii) Email Ticket Number: UK754/22/76
(iii) Lotto Code Number: TL09622UK
(iv) File Ref Number: TL/04/736207152/UK

Please contact only the under listed fiduciary agent Email address (DR. Francis Dickson) as soon as possible for the
immediate release of your
Winnings:

(FIDUCIARY AGENT)
DR. Francis Dickson
Email: f.dickson45@yahoo.com
Tel: +447045776339

N.B: Steps to claiming your prize;

1. Contact your fiduciary agent immediately you receive this
notification to begin the claims process. 2. Do please quote your
Draw, Reference and Winning numbers in any correspondence with our
designated agent.
you are required to send your full name(s) as it should appear on your
winning Certificate that would be issued to you, and fill the below
Non-Private Information: When contacting the agent:

1. FULL NAMES: __________
2. ADDRESS:
__________
3. SEX: __________
4. AGE: _________
5. OCCUPATION: __________
6. COMPANY: _______ B. POSITION HELD:
8. E-MAIL ADDRESS: _________
9. TELEPHONE NUMBER:_________
10. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: __________

11. ANNUAL INCOME ____________

3. Also quote your Lotto code number and File reference number. This is
very important. Please quote your Reference number in all
correspondence with your fiduciary agent.

Once again on behalf of all UK CHARITY FOUNDATION AWARDS PROMOTION
staff, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Sincerely,
Angela Morgan .
Promotion Manager.
PURPOSE OF UK MARGARET THATCHER
CHARITY FOUNDATION LOTTERY PROMOTION
================================================
To encourage internet users.

Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
Disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
fiduciary agent.
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The MARGARET THATCHER CHARITY FOUNDATION LOTTERY PROMOTION a non
Governmental organization (NGO) is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group, and Toshiba, Dell computers, and greatly
Supported by the queen of England , conglomeration of other
International IT companies. The THATCHER FOUNDATION LOTTERY PROMOTION
draw is held once
in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and
computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million dollars
are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.



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