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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.
  • +447092875689 (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.
  • benrichardson_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Irish Lottery <awardsnotification_irlot@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: benrichardson_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:13:23 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.


The Irish Lottery P O Box 1010 11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland (Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1004) of the IRISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 14 January 2006 - 9.57pm. It is now available for claims and this is your final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02, 03, 10, 12, 14, 19, -- Bonus 20, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of € 1,350,000.00 (One Million, Three Hundrend and Fifty Thousand Euros), has been credited to file KTU/9023118308/03, your winning ticket 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 € 2,350,000.00 (Two Million, Three Hundrend and Fifty Thousand Euros) in 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 untill your claim is processed and your money credited into your bank account, or your payment draft is mailed to you.
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, contact our fiduciary agent:
MR BEN RICHARDSON
Tel: +44 709 287 5689
Fax: +44 709 287 5690
Email: benrichardson_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Endeavour to email/fax him your full names,winning numbers,email 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.irishlotto.net/news.htm
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Vivian Kelly(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE IRISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.


Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity (ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client).
Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of IRISH LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by IRISH LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).

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