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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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!

Fraud email example:

From: "Camelot Lottery Promo" <support_ref44uk@myway.com>
Reply-To: email_verificationcentre2006@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 00:18:46 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: UNL/26510460037/02''' (Emerged Winner)


















UKNATIONAL PROMOTIONMonmouth House 40 Artillery LaneLondonE17LS.WINNING NOTIFICATION We are pleased to inform you of the result of the online cyber lotto Draws of the uknational Lotto Draws. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000 e-mail addresses! of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.After this automated computer balloting, your e-mail address emerged as one of ten winners in the category "A" with the following particulars: (i) REF NUMBER:UNL/26510460037/02(ii) BATCH NUMBER: 24/00319/IPD(iii) File Ref number: UNL/26510460037/02This year lottery is the largest ever for British Lottery promo and the rest of the world, The estimated sixth-biggest in U.K history.The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings lottery wins that went to two winners in a May 2003 drawing of The Striker million predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative of £500,000.00(Five hundred thousand British Pounds Sterlings) in cash and would be released to you by our affiliate bank in United Kingdom. Our claims agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with her.Hence you are eligible for the prize of Five hundred thousand British Pounds Sterlings). Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as possible for processing of your claim: Lottery Fiduciary Agent OfficerMrs Mildred .G. FURNESS Payment Coordinator.Email:email_verificationcentre2006@yahoo.esTo avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your Email code number: UNL/26510460037/02 as the subject of your email . You are required to keep your Particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you.CONGRATULATIONS!!! Sincerely,JOX WHITEOnline coordinatorCopyright © 1994-2006 The British National Lottery Inc









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