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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ukonlinelotteryprog@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • elizabeth_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Ukonlinelotteryprog?= <ukonlinelotteryprog@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: elizabeth_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 22:37:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Congratulation! (Emerged winner # 2)


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ukonlinelotteryprog@yahoo.co.uk

UK Online Lottery Result Headquarters:

10th S4 Route 559

Earthpink Towers Inc.

Manchester D40/S,

United Kingdom.

TICKET NUMBER: 2752246896

SERIAL NUMBER: 652-662

BATCH NUMBER : AT-040SB06-03

AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the

long awaited results of the UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTION PROGRAM held on the 14th March 2006 at UK Lotto

Headquarters Manchester, UK.Your email address was

selected randomly from official worldwide company's/internet

data web through online email addresses search engine with

the aid of Google prominent search.Been entered as dependent

clients email address with; Reference Serial Number: 652-662

and Batch number AT-040SB06-03.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 2752246896

that drew the lucky winning number 2, which consequently won

the online sweepstake in the second category, in four parts.

You have therefore been approved for a payment of US$500,000

(Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash

credited to file reference number: IPL/4249859609/WP1.This

is from a total cash prize of US$ 5 Million dollars, shared

among the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this 2nd category..

Congratulations! once more as all participants were selected through a

computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of

email

users around the world, as part of

our international promotion program.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you

keep this award confidential, till your claims has been

processed and your funds remitted to you.Your contact

fudiciary agent is below:

Name:Mrs Elizabeth Baker

E-mail: elizabeth_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk

UK LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL CLAIMING SECURITY AGENCY.

YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS W-91237-H67/B4 (keep personal).

You are required to forward the following details to help facilitate

the processing of your claims and certificate which will facilitate the

release of your winnings.

1. Full Names:

2. Date of Birth:

3. Marital Status:

4. Sex:

5. Residential Address:

6. Occupation

7. Phone Number:

8. Nationality:

9. Present Country:

You are adviced to forward these informations to your

fudiciary agent as soon as possible to enable her file out

a claim for your prize winning package. Once again, Congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

MR DAVE MILLER.

Director/LRO

UK Online International Lottery Co-ordinator.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

- Ukonlinelotteryprog

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