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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:
  • "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.
  • +447031941946 (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.
  • claimsagentfreeman_online@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Rose Woods" <uknational_lottery_promo_06@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:02:24 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

LOTTO CONTROLLER
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 30th of
January,2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serialnumber 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus
no.25),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e
match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of GBP 72,000.00
(Seventy two thousand,Great Britain pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file number UK/2471981.
This is from a total cash prize of GBP 550,000.00 ( Great Britain
pounds sterling) shared amongst the first Fifty (50) 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.Your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your GBP 72,000.00 (Seventy two thousand Great Britain
pounds sterling) will 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
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;

Mr RICHARD FREEMAN.

Ice Gold Finance UK
Electron House
43 London Road
Reigate, Surrey RH2 9PW
United Kingdom
Official Email:claimsagentfreeman_online@yahoo.co.uk
Tel ; +44-703-194-1946
Fax ;+44-807-047-87502

Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email
address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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