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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")
  • "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.
  • +447031860785 (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.
  • barrister_brsimpson@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dhlpost_lottery@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DHL LOTTERY <dhllottery@UniFish.de>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 20:20:27 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UNITED KINGDOM DHL-POST/LOTTERY PROGRAMME
34 Ballard’s lane,
London, N3 1XW, U.K.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Dear customer please read carefully,
we happily announce to you the draw of the DHL-POST/LOTTERY/U.K. in collaboration with UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY DRAWS www.lottery.co.uk Sweepstake International programs held on the Wednesday 12 April 2006, 2006 in London, the United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 07 19 26 38 44 49 24 which subsequently won you the lottery in this category. You have won this lottery because you have patronized us by using the DHL postal services or someone has posted a mail to you via any of our services.
You have therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of 250,000.00 (Two hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of 40,000,000.00 Pounds, shared amongst the winners as benefits for patronizing us in the last few years. The DHL company is a proud sponsor of sports in Africa, in trying to support human welfare (especially the youths) we use this medium to assist People’s supportive Bank in Africa to raise funds made available through loan schemes for the less-privileged in Africa, so as a winner you will need to contact the customer service centre for more information on how you can get your clearance form from our representative, in doing this you are supporting the program as well and also contributing to the development of Africa as a continent in reducing the high rate of poverty. Due to claims' mix-up and the limited time claims pay-outs, we will advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your prize (250,000.00 pounds) has been remitted to you by any of our accredited paying bank world wide.

Our Fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning documents. So do contact him immediately for the release of your winning documents to enable you contact the Bank for your money immediately. All participants were selected randomly from the names of those who have patronized us just as we have in our records for the past few years, this was done through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies email addresses which match our customers’ details as provided during their transaction with us.

This promotion takes place annually and it is sponsored by DHL worldwide, Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet postal services and computers world wide and also to support the relief of increasing rate of poverty in Africa. Again! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your winning document is delivered to your nominated address through an approved delivering officer from DHL worldwide postal services, and then you will contact the Bank for your prize providing them the document to show the prove of your claim. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Be warned!
To file for your claim, please contact by email first our fiduciary agent: Barrister Billy R. Simpson, Email Address is: barrister_brsimpson@yahoo.com.ph
Telephone: +447031860785.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact the fiduciary agent above, in London with the following details.
Your full names,
Contact address,
Age,
Telephone/fax number,
Marital status and Occupation

Quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our designated agent. Winners under 18 years of age will be automatically disqualified.

Note: All prizes must be claimed within five working days on this notification. After this time, all funds will be returned as unclaimed to the designated bank. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address; do inform your fiduciary agent As soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from all members of staff of this program.
Thank you for patronizing DHL worldwide. Please contact the fiduciary agent directly for the collection of claim’s form. (Barrister Billy R. Simpson.)


Our special thanks to Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft and all his associates.

Sincerely,
Esther McLeod (Mrs.)
Program director,
DHL-POST/LOTTERY,
London, N3 1XW, U.K.
Email: dhlpost_lottery@london.com
Website: www.dhl.co.uk, www.lottery.co.uk

UNITED KINGDOM DHL-POST/LOTTERY PROGRAMME

All rights reserved, this information is private and intended for this purpose only, do not use for any criminal and/or illegal purpose. Be warned!

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