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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (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 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.
  • uknationfudicairy@fastermail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUATERS" <uk_lottoaward@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 02:57:23 +0000
Subject: Please confirmed your winning..

FROM: GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED
LICENSED LOTTERY PROMOTERS.

38 Cavenagh St St Darwin 0800
GPO Box 1974, Darwin, NT 0801,
Australia....
16th Floor SABC Radio Park Building,
Henley Road,
Auckland Park, ZA-2006 LONDON UK.


Dear Lucky Winner,

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just
concluded annual final draws of the UK Lotteries International.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an
exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and
corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer
search from the internet. No tickets were sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address
emerged as one of two winners in the category "C" with the following:

Ref Number: 46250/448-6358/UK
Batch Number:37482656-UK/2005
Ticket Number:7-8-20-22-28-40-2

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a
cash prize of 750,000.00.(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds
Pounds Only). Each drawn from the total payout of 1,500,000 Pounds.(One
Million,Five Hundred Thousand Pounds).
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address
with our official security company in the United Kingdom and
Australia and will be transferred to you upon meeting our
requirements,statutory obligations,verifications,validations and
satisfactory evidence of name.

To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you
are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for
category "C" winners with the information
below:

Fudiciary Agent,

Name : Mr.Frank Williams

Email:uknationfudicairy@fastermail.com
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30 days.
After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next
stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all
correspondence. You are to keep all winning information away from
the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This
is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are
automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

congratulations!!!

Yours Sincerely,
Richard Keller
Games/Lottery Coordinator

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