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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")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • +447024081834 (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.
  • claimsagent_uklmail@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fiduciaryagent_roni@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?claims=20agent?= <claimsagent_uklmail@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: fiduciaryagent_roni@myway.com
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:50:06 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ATTENTION


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



BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS


FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT

BRITISH LOTTERY LONDON, UK.

PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

THE OAKROOM LOUNGE.

21 PICCADILLY LONDON. W1B 0BH.

REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/05

BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD

WINNING NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We the Board and Management of British Lottery London, UK wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program held on 7th day of January, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 11,13,26,34,44,48 and bonus ball number: 02, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1ST category i.e match 6 plus bonus (Jackpot Winner).You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05. It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

All participants of this online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place bi-anualy.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europian booklet representative . In view of this, your £2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) will be released to you by our Dispatch/Remittance Department in UK . For winners outside the UK here is the conversion 3,489,450.18 USD

To file for your claim, You are required to fill the form below and have it sent to our fiduciary agent via the email address in the form below.

FIDUCIARY AGENT: MR RONI MICHAEL

PHONE: +44-702-408-1834, +44-702-408-1857

EMAIL: fiduciaryagent_roni@myway.com


FILL IN THE REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW.

VERIFICATION/WINNER'S CLAIM FORM

WINNERS PERSONAL DATA.

First Name.........................

Middle Name.......................

Last Name......................

Gender......................

Month Of Birth.......................

Marital Status....................

Nationality........................

Religion...........................

Occupation......................

Address 1.............................

Address 2................................

City....................................

State/Province...........................

Zip CODE...................................

Mobile Phone No..........................

House Phone No............................

fax No..................................

Email Address..........................


WINNING INFORMATIONS.

Batch Number..............................

Serial Number...............................

Reference Number...........................

Amount Won....................................

This is to verify that the information filled in this forms is a valid particulars of me. YEs: No:

Once again congratulations from me and members of staff of THE BRITISH LOTTERY.


ANYONE BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/ HER CLAIM IN PROXY THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS.



Sincerely Yours ,

Mr. John Moore

Online coordinator













- claims agent

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