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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")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447031844361 (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.
  • essexoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "national lotto" <nationallotto_office@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:46:45 +0200
Subject: your email address has won(claim your prize urgently)

The U.K. National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL.
(customer service) 
                            NOTIFICATION DESK

Attention:Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1069) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 22nd  March 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:04,08,19,34,40 Bonus 38.Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus and one star with reffrence number APZ/50110-FPZA/006.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £980,840 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Pounds ) in cash credited to file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of £8,554,859  (Eight Million five Hundred and fifty five Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Pounds), shared amongst the 392992    and  (02) lucky winners in second category.

LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN Draw 1069  Wed 22nd Mar 06 Your Prize Money £980,840.00
NUMBER OF MATCHES. No OF WINNERS. £s PER WINNER.  TOTAL
Match     6           1            £2,523,614     £2,523,614
Match   5 plus bonus  7            £110,928       £776,496
Match     5          394          £1,231          £485,014
Match     4          21084       £50              £1,054,200
Match     3         371506       £10              £3,715,060
Totals      854975                                £8,554,859


All participants for the online email 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 Online promotion takes place bianually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Oxfordshire (UK) as indicated in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your £980,840 (Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Pounds ) would be released to you by any of our payment department.

Our Fiduciary 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.
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Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with the following payment details below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country Of Residence:
9. Telephone Number(Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10 Cell Number: (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number :
13. Payment Method (Cheque / Wire/ Transfer):
14. Winning Email Address:

Uk Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. James Richards
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
600 Green Lane, Goodmayes
Ilford Essex IG3 9SQ
london United Kingdom
Tel/fax: + 44 703 184 4361
E-mail -: essexoffice@yahoo.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

"Do not reply to this email,contact the fudiciary agents above "

Yours faithfully,

Teresa Marie Roberts (Mrs.)
Online cordinator.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline . 77635 476378 255667460

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