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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")
• 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 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.
  • lloyds_42@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • uklotteriesorg_manager@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "susan" <uklotteries_06@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lloyds_42@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:37:53 +0100
Subject: congratulations!!!

THE BRITISH ONLINE GAME 2006

British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
33 YATCH BASIN MARINA OFFICES,
UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE .LONDON

15/6/2006

Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02


WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the British lottery program
held on the 15th.of June 2006 in London, Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the
lucky numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum
of £2,000,000.00( Two Million pounds sterlings) in cash credited to
file RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a total cash prize of £125 million
pounds sterlings.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British
Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in
U.K. history.The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings jackpot that
went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega
Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in America,
Europe,Asia,Afirca and Australianas indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
£2,000,000.00 ( Two Million pounds sterlings) would be released to you
immedaiately

Our european agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with them.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually.
To file for your claim, please contact our online processing agent
with the below details for the processing of your claims.


Contact Person: Lloyds Peterson(Mr).

Email: lloyds_42@yahoo.co.uk

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this
program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr Susan Buckley (Fiduciary Agent)

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using
British National Lottery addresses, but are not from The British
Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :uklotteriesorg_manager@yahoo.co.uk


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