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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447031911145 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Anne Bluntschli" <anneb@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 14:33:41 -0700
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Online coordinator <armstrong@4dv.net>
Date: Tue, May 6, 2008 at 9:55 AM
Subject: you won: contact your claims agent
To: info@uknl.com





UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES
12 Bridge Street, Staines Middlesex
TW18 4TP United Kingdom.
Reference Number:LSUK/2031/8161/04
Ticket number:5647560054529900
Cash on file: £950,120.00


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear E-mail User
This E mail is to inform you that you emerged a winner on our online
draw which was drawn on the 5th May, 2008 from a world wide
reference
of existing e-mail addresses.You Have Won £950,120.00 POUNDS STERLING
and a consolation prize of a Dell pentium 4 Laptop and a UK Lottery
T-Shirt
For further Information about your winnings, contact your
Fiduciary Agent with the information below:
Name: Mark Donald

Telephone: (+44) 703 191 1145
e-mail address: fiduciarymark@live.com
Congratulation:Cash on file: £950,120.00

You are to provide the following information in your e-mail to him:

Reference Number:LSUK/2031/8161/04
Ticket number:5647560054529900
Cash on file: £450,120.00

Warm Regards,
Richard Warton
Lottery Co-ordinator

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