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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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.
  • +447031914592 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY FOUNDATION"
<claimsdepartment@uknl-foundation.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:57:01 -0400
Subject: Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05




The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

CONGRATULATIONS,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
draw (#1187)
of the BRITISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program
held on the
28th july, 2008. Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who
won
£590,983.00 (Five Hundred and Ninety Thousand Nine Hundred and
eighty Three
Great British Pounds) each in cash credited to file Number: KTU/
9023118308/03.
on BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Your email was attached to ticket number:56475600545188 with
Serial number:
5368/08 drew the lucky numbers:01-14-21-3-35-49, and a bonus
number of 24.
The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email
addresses from
an exclusive list of 1,000,000 e-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate bodies
picked by an advanced automated random computer search from
the internet.
Although, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were
assigned to different
ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the
British Gambling
Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of
Gambling
Regulators (IAGR), thus we intend to sensitize the public on it's
legitimacy.
To file for claim,
Please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. WILLIAM PAGE
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT
The UKNL Foundation
Email:claimsdepartment@uknl-foundation.com
Tel:+44 7031914592

You are required to provide the following information for
verification
Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Tel (Home/Office/Mobile):
Country of residence:

You are to keep all your winning information away from the
general public
especially your ticket number and Serial number. (This is
important as cases
of double claims will not be entertained).

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE BRITISH
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mark Dulle
Online Coordinator for THE BRITISH LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam