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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.

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:

• 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.
  • winning_uknational@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • robert_clark@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?national=20lottery?= <winning_uknational@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: robert_clark@myway.com
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:16:01 +0530 (IST)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


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



The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

National, L70 1NL

UNITEDKINGDOM Date:07-04-2006.

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369





WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw (#953) of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on on Monday

2nd january, 2006.


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

Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 12-18-22-24-32-33(bonus

no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5

plus bonus.


You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000 (Two

hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03.


This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000 shared

amongst the first

four (4) lucky winners 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 £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand

pounds

sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in

Europe.


Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess

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 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. Please be warned.


To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:


Mr.Paul Winterburn,

Email:robert_clark@myway.com



You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your

winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-




Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.









Yours faithfully,

Brian Hunt,

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY,

Sweepstakes International Program.

Open 7 days 8am-8pm.

- national lottery

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