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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")
  • "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.
  • info_btlclaimerscentre03@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • rogerphilips21@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?British=20International=20Lottery?= <info_btlclaimerscentre03@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: rogerphilips21@excite.com
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 07:40:08 +0530 (IST)
Subject: BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY RESULT 2006.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: info_btlclaimerscentre03@yahoo.co.in

British Lottery Headquarters:


Customer Service


28 TANFIELD ROAD,


CROYDON.LONDON








Ref: BTL/491OXI/04


Batch: 12/25/0304











WINNING NOTIFICATION







We happily announce to you the draw of the British



Lottery International programs held on the 31st of



March 2006 in London. Your e-mail address attached



to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with serial number



5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which



subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd



category.







You have therefore been approved to claim a



total sum of £250,000(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand



Great Britain Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to



file RPC/9080118308/04 made available from a total



cash prize of US £125 Million Pounds, shared amongst



the various lucky winners in this and other categories.



This year's Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever



for British Lottery . The estimated £125 million



jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history. The



biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two



winners in a May 2000 draw of The Big Game, Mega



Millions' predecessor.







Please note that your lucky winning number falls



within our booklet representative office in Europe as



indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your



of £250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand



Great Britain Pounds Sterling) would be released to



you by our affiliate bank in London. Our agent will



immediately commence the facilitation of release of



funds to you as soon as you establish contact.



All participants were selected randomly from world



wide web sites through a computer drawn system and



extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion



takes place annually.







This is part of precautionary measures to avoid double



claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some



unscrupulous elements.



Please be warned. To file for your claim, please



contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for



processing of your claims.







AGENT: Roger Philips



Email:rogerphilips21@excite.com








To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please



quote your reference/batch numbers in any



correspondences with our designated



agent. Congratulations once more from all members and



staff of this program.







Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.



Sincerely,







Michael Ronin



Online Zonal Co-ordinator.




- British International Lottery

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