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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:
  • "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")
• 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.
  • +447011130769 (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.
  • claimsverificationdpt@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lappin, Stacia L" <Stacia.L.Lappin@uwsp.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:53:04 -0500
Subject: BATCH NUMBER: 6/211/0374

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
HOME OFFICE:
165 FULHAM PALACE RD.
W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
REFERENCE NUMBER: BOL/1010XI/02
BATCH NUMBER: 6/211/0374
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the draws held on Saturday, 1st of June,
2008 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME.
Your ticket number 023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address, with
serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky numbers 05-11-12-16-17-45-42 (bonus
no.42),this lucky number subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £450,000
(Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.
All participants of this online promotion programme were selected
randomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer draw
system and extracted from close to 125,000 unions, associations and
corporate bodies listed online. This promotion takes place Quarterly.
To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent
Mark Tom (Dr.)
Email: claimsverificationdpt@hotmail.com<mailto:claimsverificationdpt@hotmail.com>
Phone Number: +44 701 113 0769
You will also provide him with these information;
FULL NAME
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS
RELIGION
FULL ADDRESS
SEX
COUNTRY OF
RESIDENCE
AGE
OCCUPATION
TELEPHONE
MOBILE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours Truly,
Dr Harword Wigan
Co-ordinator (Online Promo Programme)
REPLY TO: claimsverificationdpt@hotmail.com<mailto:claimsverificationdpt@hotmail.com>

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam