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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 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.
  • claimsagent200@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: richar.lloyd@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:15:04 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION?=

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION.....................CONGRATULATIONS

We happily announce to you the draw (#1048) of the UKNATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 22TH APRIL.2006.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(13)-(08)-(14)-(19)-(28)-(29) (48)
bonus # (06), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £100,983(One hundred thousand nine hundred
and eighty three pound sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This
is from a total cash prize of £2,120,643.00 shared amongst the twenty-one
(21) 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 £100,983(One hundred thousand nine hundred and eighty three
pound sterlings) would be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claims 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.
Plase be warned. To file for your claim,please fill the claims form below
and contact our fiduciary agent with your complected forms with the below
email address.

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME...............................................
AMOUNT WON..........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:..............................
AGE..............................
OCCUPATION.....................
TEL.......................FAX................ (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..............................

HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE.............(identification on
delivery)

INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) CHEQUE...................................

(B) BANK
TRANSFER.........................................

DATE..............................................

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them with your completed form.

AGENT:MRS PAMELA WOOD
Email:claimsagent200@jmail.co.za

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam