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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:
  • "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.
  • +447024052701 (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.
  • processingmanager@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mark roger <uklotteryonlinegame_01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:05:01 +0100 (BST)
Subject: You Have Won The British Online Lottery / Contact Your Claims Agent


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

We are happily announce to you the new year draw (#994) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 1st of
May,2006. It is yet to be unclaimedand 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: 07
14 29 37 41 45 04 (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
millionfive hundred thousand Great British Pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£9,500,000 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 monthly. 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 thousandGreat 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 your fudiciary agent and call him
immediately for verification
-------------------------------------------------
Barrister David Green.
Alpha Consultants Lawfirm & Schmidtz Associates
(Solicitors Advocates& Arbitrators)
Tel: +447024052701
Fax: +447075707908
E-mail: processingmanager@myway.com
Fudiciary Agent/Payment Officer.
-------------------------------------------------
Endeavour to email/fax him this following details.
PAYMENT PORCESSING FORM:
(1).YOUR FULLNAMES...............................
(2).CONTACADDRESS................................
(3).TEL/FAXNUMBERS...............................
(4).OCCUPATION...................................
(5).WINNINGNUMBERS...............................
(6).AGE.........................................
(7).SEX.......................................
(8).NEXT OF KIN................................
(9).WINNING EMAIL................................
(10).COUNTRY.....................................

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yoursfaithfully,
Mrs.Rose wood
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.



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