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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 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.
  • mailagentmark@yahoo.co.uk
  • mailmark_winter@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO" <info_uknationallotto003@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: agentvanessa01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:41:51 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOUR EMAIL HAS JUST WON YOU X750,000


The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

20-02-2005
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 2nd January,2006. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number:1416-4612-750 with Serial number
3187-17 drew the lucky numbers:31-17-8-28-55 (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 a total sum of £750,000
(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

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
£750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand 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 make contact.

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 for your claim,please FILL THE FORM BELOW,
and send the filled form to your fiduciary agent Mr. Mark Winters via email.

Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your
winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes. Attached here is a
copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed
with your winnings. Once again congratulations from all the staff.

1. FULL
NAMES:____________________________________________
2. DATE OF
BIRTH:_________________________________________________
3. SEX:___________________________
4. MARITAL
STATUS:_____________________________________
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:____________________________________
6.TELEPHONE
NUMBER:________________________________________
7.OCCUPATION:________________________________________________
8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_/_________________________________________
9.INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRICE COLLECTION
(A)CHEQUE
(B)DRAFT
(C)BANK TRANSFER
IF BANK TRANSFER,( Details of your account)
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,i`ll send you the contact
information of the payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your claims

CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT
Agent Mark Winters.
Email 1: mailagentmark@yahoo.co.uk
Email 2:mailmark_winter@yahoo.co.uk
Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

NB

You are not to reply to this email address, but you are to contact your
fiduciary agent in the email above

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