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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:
  • "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.
  • +44
• 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.
  • luckylotto@sify.com
  • luckylotto@sify.com
  • luckylotto@sify.com
  • luckylotto@sify.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Lucky Lottery International Ltd" <almer14@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: luckylotto@sify.com
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:47:53 +0100
Subject: Congratulations! You won...

THE CO-ORDINATOR,
LUCKY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT TO GLOBAL LOTTERY
Ref. Number: (3)(64)(10)(73)(28)(Dn)
Batch Number: (1)(59)(29)(75)(14)(01)

Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATION ON YOUR LOTTERY SUCCESS.
It is our profound pleasure to notify you concerning the results of
the Lucky Lottery International Lottery that was held on the 14th of
October, 2005 in which your e-mail address was presented for subsequent
correspondence and winning notification as well as confirmation, hence
affixed to a ticket. Your ticket number was D-N-Y-1-0-9-7-0-2-8 with serial
number*9110472IN* and which drew lucky and won on the stated day of the
draws. Congratulations! As you have consequently been approved to receive a
lump sum of One Million United States Dollars(US$1,000,000.00).
To claim your prize money please contact your local agent of Lucky
Lottery International or contact:
Maria Peterson Ms.
Fiduciary Agent (Europe).
Lucky Lottery International
Tel: +44.871.722.5113
Fax: +44.870.130.6015
E-mail: luckylotto@sify.com

Please be informed that your prize must be claimed before the 1st of,
December2005 as it will be carried over as unclaimed funds into the next
draw after the stipulated date. Please quote your ticket, serial and batch
numbers in all your correspondence with the agent for clarification and you
are advised to handle these details with confidentiality until your claim
might have been completely processed and your funds remitted to your own
designated account. This is to ensure that the winning prize be paid to the
rightful winners and to avoid any abuse of this program.
This Lottery was entered into by over Twelve million participants by
email and the draws were conducted by a computer ballot system and it takes
place yearly quarterly since the year 2000. We also by this means invite you
to participate in our mega draws for the last quarter of year 2005 with Two
hundred Million US Dollars (US$200,000,000.00) to be won in the stakes. As
usual minors under the age of eighteen years (18yrs) old are disqualified
from the draws. Congratulations once again and thank you so much for being
part of this program.
Yours' truly,

Michael Almer
Co-ordinator,
Lucky Lottery International.



*******************************************************************************
*******LUCKY LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL*********************************************
**********************************************************************************************




THE CO-ORDINATOR,
LUCKY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT TO GLOBAL LOTTERY
Ref. Number: (3)(64)(10)(73)(28)(Dn)
Batch Number: (1)(59)(29)(75)(14)(01)

Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATION ON YOUR LOTTERY SUCCESS.
It is our profound pleasure to notify you concerning the results of
the Lucky Lottery International Lottery that was held on the 14th of
October, 2005 in which your e-mail address was presented for subsequent
correspondence and winning notification as well as confirmation, hence
affixed to a ticket. Your ticket number was D-N-Y-1-0-9-7-0-2-8 with serial
number*9110472IN* and which drew lucky and won on the stated day of the
draws. Congratulations! As you have consequently been approved to receive a
lump sum of One Million United States Dollars(US$1,000,000.00).
To claim your prize money please contact your local agent of Lucky
Lottery International or contact:
Maria Peterson Ms.
Fiduciary Agent (Europe).
Lucky Lottery International
Tel: +44.871.722.5113
Fax: +44.870.130.6015
E-mail: luckylotto@sify.com

Please be informed that your prize must be claimed before the 1st of,
December2005 as it will be carried over as unclaimed funds into the next
draw after the stipulated date. Please quote your ticket, serial and batch
numbers in all your correspondence with the agent for clarification and you
are advised to handle these details with confidentiality until your claim
might have been completely processed and your funds remitted to your own
designated account. This is to ensure that the winning prize be paid to the
rightful winners and to avoid any abuse of this program.
This Lottery was entered into by over Twelve million participants by
email and the draws were conducted by a computer ballot system and it takes
place yearly quarterly since the year 2000. We also by this means invite you
to participate in our mega draws for the last quarter of year 2005 with Two
hundred Million US Dollars (US$200,000,000.00) to be won in the stakes. As
usual minors under the age of eighteen years (18yrs) old are disqualified
from the draws. Congratulations once again and thank you so much for being
part of this program.
Yours' truly,

Michael Almer
Co-ordinator,
Lucky Lottery International.



*******************************************************************************
*******LUCKY LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL*********************************************
**********************************************************************************************




THE CO-ORDINATOR,
LUCKY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT TO GLOBAL LOTTERY
Ref. Number: (3)(64)(10)(73)(28)(Dn)
Batch Number: (1)(59)(29)(75)(14)(01)

Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATION ON YOUR LOTTERY SUCCESS.
It is our profound pleasure to notify you concerning the results of
the Lucky Lottery International Lottery that was held on the 14th of
October, 2005 in which your e-mail address was presented for subsequent
correspondence and winning notification as well as confirmation, hence
affixed to a ticket. Your ticket number was D-N-Y-1-0-9-7-0-2-8 with serial
number*9110472IN* and which drew lucky and won on the stated day of the
draws. Congratulations! As you have consequently been approved to receive a
lump sum of One Million United States Dollars(US$1,000,000.00).
To claim your prize money please contact your local agent of Lucky
Lottery International or contact:
Maria Peterson Ms.
Fiduciary Agent (Europe).
Lucky Lottery International
Tel: +44.871.722.5113
Fax: +44.870.130.6015
E-mail: luckylotto@sify.com

Please be informed that your prize must be claimed before the 1st of,
December2005 as it will be carried over as unclaimed funds into the next
draw after the stipulated date. Please quote your ticket, serial and batch
numbers in all your correspondence with the agent for clarification and you
are advised to handle these details with confidentiality until your claim
might have been completely processed and your funds remitted to your own
designated account. This is to ensure that the winning prize be paid to the
rightful winners and to avoid any abuse of this program.
This Lottery was entered into by over Twelve million participants by
email and the draws were conducted by a computer ballot system and it takes
place yearly quarterly since the year 2000. We also by this means invite you
to participate in our mega draws for the last quarter of year 2005 with Two
hundred Million US Dollars (US$200,000,000.00) to be won in the stakes. As
usual minors under the age of eighteen years (18yrs) old are disqualified
from the draws. Congratulations once again and thank you so much for being
part of this program.
Yours' truly,

Michael Almer
Co-ordinator,
Lucky Lottery International.



*******************************************************************************
*******LUCKY LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL*********************************************
**********************************************************************************************




THE CO-ORDINATOR,
LUCKY LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
ACCREDITED LICENSED AGENT TO GLOBAL LOTTERY
Ref. Number: (3)(64)(10)(73)(28)(Dn)
Batch Number: (1)(59)(29)(75)(14)(01)

Sir/Madam,
CONGRATULATION ON YOUR LOTTERY SUCCESS.
It is our profound pleasure to notify you concerning the results of
the Lucky Lottery International Lottery that was held on the 14th of
October, 2005 in which your e-mail address was presented for subsequent
correspondence and winning notification as well as confirmation, hence
affixed to a ticket. Your ticket number was D-N-Y-1-0-9-7-0-2-8 with serial
number*9110472IN* and which drew lucky and won on the stated day of the
draws. Congratulations! As you have consequently been approved to receive a
lump sum of One Million United States Dollars(US$1,000,000.00).
To claim your prize money please contact your local agent of Lucky
Lottery International or contact:
Maria Peterson Ms.
Fiduciary Agent (Europe).
Lucky Lottery International
Tel: +44.871.722.5113
Fax: +44.870.130.6015
E-mail: luckylotto@sify.com

Please be informed that your prize must be claimed before the 1st of,
December2005 as it will be carried over as unclaimed funds into the next
draw after the stipulated date. Please quote your ticket, serial and batch
numbers in all your correspondence with the agent for clarification and you
are advised to handle these details with confidentiality until your claim
might have been completely processed and your funds remitted to your own
designated account. This is to ensure that the winning prize be paid to the
rightful winners and to avoid any abuse of this program.
This Lottery was entered into by over Twelve million participants by
email and the draws were conducted by a computer ballot system and it takes
place yearly quarterly since the year 2000. We also by this means invite you
to participate in our mega draws for the last quarter of year 2005 with Two
hundred Million US Dollars (US$200,000,000.00) to be won in the stakes. As
usual minors under the age of eighteen years (18yrs) old are disqualified
from the draws. Congratulations once again and thank you so much for being
part of this program.
Yours' truly,

Michael Almer
Co-ordinator,
Lucky Lottery International.



*******************************************************************************
*******LUCKY LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL*********************************************
**********************************************************************************************

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