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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 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")
  • "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.
  • uklotteryalert001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • davemark_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Uk Lottery <uklotteryalert001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: davemark_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:43:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: RELEASED RESULTS


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: uklotteryalert001@yahoo.com

Uk National Lottery.

P O Box 1010,

Liverpool, L70 1NL,

UNITED KINGDOM.

Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw (#951) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,

online Sweepstakes International program held on 27th of March,2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with

Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02-19-28-33-44-49 (bonus

no.21),which subsequently won you the lottery JACKPOT category i.e match 6.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £100,000(ONE

HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of 2,856,300 shared amongst 4 lucky

winners in this category.


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from

World Wide Web sites through computerdraw 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 £100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) would be

released to you by any of our payment offices in UK.

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 for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Name:DAVE MARK

Email:davemark_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.com

Good luck & congratulation, from me and members of staff of he UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Katie Jeff

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Sweepstakes International Program.

- Uk Lottery

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