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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")
• 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.
  • +447024084326 (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.
  • cole_nkl_lottery@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Freeman Spencer <spencer_freeman04@web.de>
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 08:13:25 +0200
Subject: attn: Lottery Winner!!!




Customer Service
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369




WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on the 20th of April
2006 of winners of the International Prime Lottery were our winners
were listed. You attached to ticket number 041423313541 24,with serial
number5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and
consequently won in category C (third category).

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 850,000GBP(Eight
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) credited to file REF NO.
REF: PLI/4080318306/04. This is from total prize money of
8,500,000.00GBP shared among the ten(10) international winners in the
category C.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia,
Europe,USA and North America as part our International Promotions
Program, which is conducted annually.

CONGRATULATIONS

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming.



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


Mr.James Cole
Email: cole_nkl_lottery@k.ro [mailto:cole_nkl_lottery@k.ro]
Tel:+44-702-408-4326

You are to contact your claims officer not later than 2 weeks after
this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.All correspondences
to Mr.James Cole, by email, should have this email sent along with it
and also, your email address to which this email is sent, should be
clearly and boldly written in your response.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any
change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
possible.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 years by January 2006 is
automatically disqualified congratulations again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.



Yours Sincerely,

Spencer Freeman.
The Director Promotions,
Prime Lottery International.






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