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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.
  • +447031941659 (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.
  • ukonlinenationallotterymail@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: <winners@ukonlinelottery.info>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:03:38 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION





UK ONLINE NATIONAL LOTTERY
The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1012) of the UK NATIONAL
ONLINE LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 11th
of Febuary 2006.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: nos.14-26-34-35-36-45 bonus ball
no.32 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match
5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£313,770{ Three Hundred and thirteen thousand, Seven hundred and seventy
Pounds sterling } in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a
total cash prize of £1,882,620 shared amongst the (6) 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 £313,770{ Three Hundred and thirteen thousand, Seven
hundred and seventy Pounds sterling } would be released to you after you
have cpmpleted the claims procedures. 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 measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.



To file your claims, send an acceptance email to the fiduciary agent with
contact below:


Mr. Mary Van Duke
email: ukonlinenationallotterymail@yahoo.co.uk






Note: You will be contacted once your form has been recieved

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Richard K Lloyd
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program
Telephone:+44-7031941659 Fax:+448701314092



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