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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:
  • "euro-afro-american-sweepstake lottery" (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447031884102 (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.
  • claimsdept_u@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Uk Lotto" <euroafro.lotto13@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:48:37 +0200
Subject: CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY OFFICE


From: Mrs. Teresa Allan.
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom.
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/27/Du34


CONFIRMATION LETTER FROM THE LOTTERY OFFICE

Draw Further results
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp

ATTN: WINNER!!! I am writing to confirm the official owner of this email
address. Are you the owner of this lucky email address? If yes! Then count
your self a Lucky person, as we are pleased to notify you of the final
announcement of the United Kingdom National Lottery Online sweepstakes Promo
Programs held on the 11 April 08 at exactly 12:00 pm LONDON TIME GMT, Your
ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 the lucky
numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category. You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of
£700,000. (Seven Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in cash credited to file
RPC/9080115322/44.


This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever of British Lottery;
the estimated 125 million jackpots would be the sixth biggest in U.K.
history. The biggest was the 363 million pounds jackpot that went to two
winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of
this, your £700,000. (Seven Hundred Thousand British Pounds) would be
released to you by our affiliated bank in UK.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him; all participants
were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system
and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place
monthly, to file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the
below details for processing of your claims and call him on phone
immediately you receive this email.

AGENT: MORGAN SMITH (ESQ)
Email: claimsdept_u@yahoo.co.uk
United Kingdom Zonal Co-coordinator.
Tel+44 7031884102

Call him on phone immediately you receive this mail so that he will secure
your file and give you the procedure on how the fund will be remitted in to
your account, To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote
your Reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.

Note: the details of your claim must be kept confidential until the
redemption of your prize to avoid complications in your claim, we hereby
urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is monthly lottery


Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this programme.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery Programme.


Sincerely,
Mrs. Teresa Allan.
Online Co-coordinator
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY:
Sweepstakes International Program United Kingdom.


Copyright (c) 1994-2007. The National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 The British National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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