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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")
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447040118211 (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.
  • seanowen@britpost.com
  • seanowen@consultant.com

Fraud email example:

From: "National Lottery" <customerservice@zonai.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:34:02 +0100
Subject: Winning Notification!

National Lottery,
Monmouth House
40 Artillery Lane
London
E1 7LS
United kingdom


Daily Draw results:
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnational.asp
Ref: BTL/491OXI/06
Batch: 12/25/0304
Draw Date:27/05/2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
British National Lottery program held on 27th May,2006.Your e-mail address attached
to Ticket Number: 8603775966738 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Winning
Numbers:05,08,12,24,28,31,(bonus no.22), which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (One Million
British Pounds sterling) in cash credited! to your file.This is from a total cash! ! prize of
£20,350,000.00,shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category
i.e Match 3 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. your lucky winning number falls within our
European booklet repre!sentative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £1,000,000.00 (One Million British Pounds sterling) will 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 her.For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim you! r prize.This is
part of our precautionary measure to avoid double clai ming and unwarranted abuse of
this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
VALIDATION.
*******************************************************************
Mr.Sean Owen
Foreign Services Manager,
Payment and Release OrderDepartment! ,
NATIOANL CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT.
OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: seanowen@britpost.com or seanowen@consultant.com
Tel:+44-704-011-8211 +44-703-194-1635
fax:+44-707-500-9658

*******************************************************************
Endeavour to email them the following informations for immediate
processing, verification and legalization of claims inorder for payment to be
made to you as required, inaccordance with our payout policy.

Full Name:
Telephone:
Mobile:
Amount Won:
REF NUMBER:.
BATCH NUMBER:
WINNING ! NUMBER:
TICKET.NUMBER:
Congratulations from me and members of staff of NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully
Scott Voke(Mrs)
Online Coordinator ! for
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
www.national-lottery.com

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