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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 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.
  • rollandelliott@excite.com
  • info_santalucia@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS SUSAN MOORE <ukpromotionlottery@zwallet.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:21:42 +0100
Subject: CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT (CONGRATULATION)


THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
BTL NOTIFICATION DESK
Dear Lucky Winner,

We are happily announce to you the draw (#1021) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Friday 28 February , 2006. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 1019 drew the lucky numbers: (bonus no.05), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 36 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £847,516 { Eight hundred and forty-seven thousand five hundred and sixteen Great Britain pounds Starlings} in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £1,770,192 {one million seven hundred and seventy thousand one hundred and ninety two Great Britain pounds starlings} was approved for the(12)lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 36 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 yearly. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of Microsoft, the world's largest software
company in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe.

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 £847,516 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 them. 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!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National Lottery.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS:DEPT: winningnotification@swizzworldlottery.com
Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent Mr ROLAND ELLIOTT and Mrs Edith Diop of SANTA LUCIA SECURITY MADRID SPAIN on Official email: rollandelliott@excite.com OR info_santalucia@excite.com Endeavour to email/fax him your full names, winning numbers, email/billing address, telephone and fax numbers immediately.

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,

Mrs. Susan Moore
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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