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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:
  • "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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • katinahumph@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery" <geminigrup@xnet.ro>
Reply-To: katinahumph@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:47:33 +0400
Subject: Winning Notification Mail.



Dear Winner, This is to inform you that you have emerged winner
of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million
Pounds Sterling)To file for your claim,Please contact our
fiduciary agent and Provide her with the information below so as
to enable her process your claims: 1.Name: 2.Address:
3.Marital Status: 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence: 9.Telephone Number: Contact Mrs.
Katrina Humph Email: katinahumph@hotmail.co.uk Sir. Richard
K. Lloyd Online Co-ordinator UK National Lottery




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