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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:

• 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")
  • "foreign service manager" (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.
  • +447024060032 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447092876054 (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.
  • clm_dpt@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sweepstakes International <award_splash@chicago.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:54:00 -0500
Subject: YOU HAVE EMMERGE WINNER IN THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE SCHEME

The UK National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68UO
Batch: 074/05/ZY369UO
TEL:+44-702-4060-032
FAX: +44-709-2876-054

BRITISH 2006 AWARDS UPDATE

We happily announce to you the final announcement today 13th of June, 2006. The draw (#1092) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday the 10th of June, 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 66485600545 188 with Serial number 5368/12 drew the lucky numbers:14-27-32-39-41-47(12Bonus ball).

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 £170,131 (One Hundred and seventy thousand one hundred and thirty one pounds sterling) in cash credited to file TU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £1,701,310 shared amongst the first ten (10) 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 weekly.

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 £170,131 (One Hundred and seventy thousand one hundred and thirty one 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 our fiduciary Agent:
MR.Walter Jones,
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
Email:clm_dpt@yahoo.co.uk
You are required to contact his offices with the following:
1, Full Names
2, Winning E-mail
3, Reference Number
4, Batch Number
5, Amount Won

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch number in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

For further clarification/verification of your claims,Please call on any of our official numbers as stated in notification e-mail.You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Once again congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
RICHARD K. LLOYD
Online coordinator UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Anti-fraud resources:

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