419 scam: ALICE DOBSON <online.coordinator_uk@yahoo.ca> YOU HAVE WON-CONTACT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

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.
- +447031924426 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: ALICE DOBSON <online.coordinator_uk@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:10:15 -0500 (EST)
Subject: YOU HAVE WON-CONTACT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT

FROM:UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
2 LANSDOWNE ROW,BERKELEY SQUARE,
LONDON,W1J 6H,
UNITED KINGDOM.

SUBJET:WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online UK National Lottery program held on 29th March 2006.Your
e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 8603775966738 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning Numbers:02,06,18,36,37,44(bonus no.19), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 19
plus bonus.

You have been approved to claim total sum of £2,500,000 (Two Million
FIVE Hundred Thousand Pounds Stering) in cash credited to file.This
is from a total cash prize of £16,102,556 ,shared amongst the Winners
with different amount won in this category.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.

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,
your £2,500,000 will be released to you by our affilated bank here in
UK.

Our Finance Department will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our Finance
Department.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.

To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
Processing of your winning.
****************************************************************
MR.PAUL WOOLDRIDGE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
2 LANSDOWNE ROW,BERKELEY SQUARE,
LONDON,W1J 6H,
UNITED KINGDOM.
TEL:+44-703-192-4426,+44-703-194-9583
FAX:+44-703-040-3637
EMAIL:findepartment11@officeemail.net
****************************************************************

You can go to our online result site to confirm the Value of your
winnings and also get a prize

breakdown:http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp

Please do remember,all winning must be claimed not later than two
weeks of this notification to enable us register you to our website as a winner.After this time all unclaimed funds will be
included in the next stake.

Note:Remember to send the following detail below to FINANCE DEPARTMENT
for validation of your winnings.

REFRENCE:UK/776090X2/23
BATCH:013/05/8394369
WINNING NUMBER:02,06,18,36,37,44
TICKET NUMBER:8603775966738
Yours faithfully,
Alice Dobson(Mrs)
Online Coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
www.national-lottery.com/results.asp

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