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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.
  • +447040117963 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS JOAN CAMPBELL UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION" <uk_lotto112@msn.com>
Reply-To: uk_lotto000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 01:44:28 +0000
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION....................CONGRATULATIONS

 

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Center
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom

 

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTION/PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: UKNL/26510460037/04
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

 

ATTENTION:SIR/MADAM,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement Today,29th of October 2005,
of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS held on 18th September 2005 in Croydon,London.Your email address was
attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5063-11 drew The lucky numbers 07 20 22 23 34 37, and consequently Won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay Of  Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds (£950,000.00)  in cash credited to file REF NO. UKNL/26510460037/04. This is from total prize money Of   Fifteen Million British Pounds (£15,000,000.00) shared among the four International  inners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies as part of International Promotions Program,which is conducted annually. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your  Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand British Pounds (£950,000.00) would be released to you by our preferred payment center in London.
  Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the Release of your funds as soon as you contact him. 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid Double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants Of this program.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary Agent:
Mr.Maskery Richard Patrick.
Tel:+44 7040117963
Fax: 448712435587.
Email:claim_agent777@walla.com

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
For due processing and remittance of your prize Money,please remember to quote your Reference and batch numbers in every one of your Correspondences with your agent.Remember,all prize money must be claimed not later Than 20th of November  2005. After this date, all funds will Be returned as unclaimed.
Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform your claims  Agent As soon as possible.Congratulations again from all our staff and thank You for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Your's Sincerely,
Dr.Mrs. Joan Campbell
Zonal Manager.

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Mr.Maskery Richard Patrick (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Dr.Mrs.Joan Campbell(Zonal Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).
Copyright © 2005 Europe Union Lottery International.

     

   UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS make the following annotations:
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This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank you."
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