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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.
  • ukweblottodraws5@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claimsagentwalter@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?THE=20NATIONAL=20LOTTERY?= <ukweblottodraws5@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 01:33:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: OUR ESTEEMED WINNER:::::::CONGRATULATIONS


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ukweblottodraws5@yahoo.co.uk

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM


Date:27-04-2006.

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369


WINNING NOTIFICATION:


We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programme held on

Saturday April 1st 2006.This Draw is part of our New Year Bonus

to all internet users World Wide.


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

with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(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 £516,778.00(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling only) /$921,201(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two hundred and one dollars only)in cash/check credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.


This is from a total cash prize of £3,100,673.00 shared amongst the first

six (6) lucky winners in this category i.e Prize for six balls.


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from a

World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place Periodically.


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 £516,778 (Five hundred and Sixteen

thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling) would be

released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.


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 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 kindly provide the following informations and send it to our Fiduciary Agent(WALTER ATKINSON) who shall clear you as a winner.(1)FULL NAMES (2)DATE OF BIRTH

(3)SEX (4)MARITAL STATUS(5)CONTACT ADDRESS (6)PHONE NUMBERS (7)OCCUPATION


MR.WALTER ATKINSON

Email:claimsagentwalter@yahoo.co.uk


Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,he shall send to you

the contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed

with effecting the release of your funds.



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


Yours faithfully,


STEVEN BURTLER

Online coordinator

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,

Sweepstakes International Program.

Open 7 days

- THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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