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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")
• 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.
  • +447031871843 (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.
  • winslowgrantgeorge@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • kenwhyte_007@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ulottery2710" <ulottery2710@itelefonica.com.br>
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 10:40:39 -0300
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


Customer Service
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
# 13 Beach Pkw,Princess Dolly Carlin Towers
Manchester,United Kingdom
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the United Kingdom Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the 2nd of April 2006 in London.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188
with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:23,11,3,22,15,10
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have
therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of
$500,000.00USD(five hundred thousand,Dollars)in cash,This is from a
total cash prize of US $5 Million Dollars, shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky
winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies
websites.
This promotion takes place annually, Please note that your lucky
winningcategory # :two(2) falls within our West African booklet
representative office in Africa from the five booklet
reps.(london,sydney,seoul,lagos,athlanta)as indicated in your play
coupon.This promotion takes place annually.
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 a part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.To file for your claim,
please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for
processing of
your claims.
Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr Winslow Grant
Email:winslowgrantgeorge@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-703-187-1843
FILL AND SUBMIT TO THE FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR FOLLOW UP
PERSONAL DATA
FULL NAMES: ____________________________________
GENDER__________________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH:__________________________________
NATIONALITY: ___________________________________
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: __________________________
MARITAL STATUS: ________________________________
HOME ADDRESS: __________________________________
OFFICE ADDRESS: ________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:_______________________________
FAX NUMBER: ____________________________________
OCCUPATION: ____________________________________
POSITION HELD: _________________________________
TICKET NUMBER: _________________________________
EMAIL ADDRESS:__________________________________
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers and Name in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mrs.Lorie Mckinnon
Sweepstakes International Program. Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are
circulating that appear to be using National Lottery addresses, but are
not from The National Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:kenwhyte_007@myway.com
==================================================================
The national lottery promo Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation, the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell Computers, Mckintosh and a
conglomeration of other international IT companies.
===================================================================
WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULDBE FOWARDED TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT
SCAM AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION

Anti-fraud resources:

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