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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 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.
  • sirjamesanderson_1010@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "national lottery" <national_lottery_1010@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 11:00:42 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).





28 TANFIELD ROAD
CROYDON.LONDON
1st Nov 2005
batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02





BRITISH ONLINE 2005 RESULTS UPDATE!

We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 1st week of oct
2005 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
(13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (Five
hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000,00 shared
amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category.
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.

Please note that, for security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claim 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:

Name:Sir James Anderson
E-MAIL: sirjamesanderson_1010@yahoo.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,


JANE CARTER (MRS)
Director International Promotions Unit,

Anti-fraud resources:

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