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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447040117993 (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.
  • lottoonlineuk@pisem.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uk-national-lottery\.inc-winning-notification"
<uk-national-lottery.inc-winning-notification@laposte.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:58:18 +0100
Subject: winning Notification


THE UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
P O Box 1100 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM®
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

16/01/2006

{NO TICKET WAS SOLD}

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 25th 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 £541,022.00 (Five 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 £5,410,022,00
shared amongst the(10)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 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 100,000 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 £541,022.00(Five 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
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 measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

PLEASE NOTE:All beneficiaries of this programme are expected to pay a Compulsory processing/Insurance fee of £750.00{Seven hundred & Fifty British Pounds Sterlings}to our fiduciary agent.This fee is non deductable and strictly administrative.On no account should any claimant suggest this as an option as it will not be entertained.

Also note,all winning in this first category must be claimed not later
than 15th of February,2006. 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 please do inform our agent
as soon as possible.Congratulations once more from our members of staff
and note that it our ultimate pleasure to have you in our promotional program.Furthermore,to claim your prize,you are hereby advised to contact immediately your fiduciary agent with full details of your identity.Your assigned fudiciary agent is:
MR.JEFFERY MORGAN
Email:customercare@directbox.com,lottoonlineuk@pisem.net
TEL:+447040117993,TEL:+447031872436,FAX:+447075009813

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do
Congratulations from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

LUIS BERTRON HILL

N.B:Anybody under the age of 16 is automatically disqualified.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

Accédez au courrier électronique de La Poste : www.laposte.net ;
3615 LAPOSTENET (0,34 €/mn) ; tél : 08 92 68 13 50 (0,34€/mn)

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