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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.
  • uklottery_544@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • davidmorret006@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?FREE=20LOTTERY=20PROMOTION?= <uklottery_544@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: davidmorret006@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:43:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION...................................U ARE A WINNER.....


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: uklottery_544@yahoo.co.uk

UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!

UKONLINE?INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;

(Registration Z720633X).



UK National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X/05

Batch: 074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,

online Sweepstakes International program held on 2nd April,2006. Your

e-mail address attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial

number 5368/02 jack pot lotto winners drew the lucky

numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus no 46. .Which subsequently won

you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus under agent

ID: 150 which subsequently won you the lottery You have therefore been

approved to claim a total sum of £450,000 (Four Hundred and

Fifty

Thousand Pounds Sterling)in cash credited to file U/9023118308/03. This

is from a total cash prize of £1,350,000 shared

amongst the first four(3)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5

plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected

randomly

from World Wide Websites through computer draw system and extracted

from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are

listed online. This promotion takes place bimonthly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British

booklet representative office in London as indicated in our play

coupon.

In view of this, your £450,000 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand

Pounds Sterling)would be released to you by our affiliate Forwarding

security service.Our 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 moneyremitted 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.



For payment, please do provide with the following informations: And

send to our Fiduciary Agent.




YOUR FULLNAME:.................................................

YOUR SEX:......................................................

YOUR ADDRESS:..................................................

YOUR COUNTRY:..................................................

YOUR FAX:......................................................

YOUR PHONE NUMBER:.............................................

YOUR OCCUPATION:...............................................

YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........................................

YOUR AGE:......................................................

YOUR REF NUMBER:...............................................



Name: David Morret

Email: davidmorret006@netscape.net



CONGRATULATIONS from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY.



Yours faithfully,



Mrs Becky Aaron

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program

NATIONAL LOTTERY

Brain Hunt Controller

GeoTrust SSL Reseller

- FREE LOTTERY PROMOTION

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