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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")
  • "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 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.
  • +447040130681 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447075009813 (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.
  • clientsforum@ummah.org
  • clientsforum@ummah.org

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.KELVIN MCLAINE." <uknationallotto_custserv@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:40:32 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!


THE UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY P O Box 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369

25/10/2005
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 20th October, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:7-20-22-23-34-37 -38, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £141,022.00 (one hundred and forty one thousand,and twenty two pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £9,009,105.00 shared amongst the (9) lucky winners in this category i.e March 5 plus bonus.


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 200,000 individuals, unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.


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 £141,022.00 (One hundred and forty one thousand, and twenty two pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European 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 until 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. Administrative charges of about £750.00 to £1000.00 would be required for processing your prize. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

DAVID WOOSTER.
Emai: custserv@directbox.com OR clientsforum@ummah.org
TEL:+447040130681,FAX:+447075009813

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/player/p/results/results.do
Goodluck from me and members of staff of
the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

KELVIN MCLAINE

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines


Dear Winner,

Congratulations once again from all the staff here. Please complete the claim form below and return to us for processing and validation.You may return the completed form by fax or scanned and send by e-mail.
VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL S:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________
4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________
9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL__________________________________
13. COUNTRY________________________________
14.PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM WITH A VALID IDENTIFICATION SHOWING THAT YOU ARE ABOVE 18 YEARS OF AGE TO AVOID DISQUALIFICATION.


DAVID WOOSTER.

TEL:+447040130681 FAX: +447075009813
Email: custserv@directbox.com OR clientsforum@ummah.org

Remember, all winning in this first category must be claimed not later than 30th of November,2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note that you must contact your claims agent within one week of receipt of this notice.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

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