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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")
• 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.
  • +447031917584 (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.
  • mallenjohnsonclaims@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "INFO OFFICE" <postmasters@world01.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 07:30:20 +0000
Subject: YOUR FINAL NOTIFICATION AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM                 
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

                     AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1001) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on wednesday 27th junly 2005 officially announces today 1st OCTOBER 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the
lucky numbers: 10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball no.44), which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 6.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,440,772(One million,four hundred and fourty thousand,seven hundred and seventy two pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a  total cash prize of £2,881,544 shared amongst the first two (2)jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from  World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America,Africa, Asia, Australia,Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our europe booklet representative office in europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of£1,440,772(One million,four hundred and fourty thousand,seven hundred and seventy two pounds sterlings)would be released to you by any of our payment offices in europe.
 
Our europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds
as soon as you contact them.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program.Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR MICHEAL ALLEN JOHNSON.
Email:mallenjohnsonclaims@excite.com
PHONE:+447031917584
     :+447031844625
     :+447031917592

For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on phone number of our
fiduciary agent stated in this notification e-mail.You can go to our online result site to
confirm the value of your  winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-www.national-lottery.co.uk
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

Goodluck and congratulation from all members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

Queensley Adams.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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