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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447031946257 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "winners alert" <winnersalert06@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 09:55:28 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON,CONTACT CUSTOMER CARE!!!


THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327
Batch: UKNL5/A115-07


RE/AWARD BRITISH NOTIFICATION DESK

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are happily announce to you the new year draw (#994) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 26th may, 2006.
It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as
regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 1037 drew the lucky numbers:



(bonus no.04), 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 £1,500,000 (one
million five hundred thousand great British pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£10,500,000 shared amongst the first seven (7) 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 £1,500,000 (one million
five hundred thousand Great Britain pounds sterling) would be released to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European 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 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 contact our fiduciary Agent:



To file for your claim, please contact your fudiciary agent and call him
immediately for verification

Barrister. Smith James
Alpha Consultants Lawfirm & Schmidtz Associates
(Solicitors Advocates & Arbitrators)
TEL: +447031946257
+447024072532
Fax: +447092867268
Official Email: customercare_barrsmith@o2.pl
Fudiciary Agent/Payment Officer.


Endeavour to email/fax him your full names, winning numbers,email/billing
address, telephone and fax numbers immediately. Congratulations from me and
members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Susan Moore
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.

Assisted by :UNITED NATION



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