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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +447024078390 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712475753 (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.
  • nscofundsdepartment1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "NORTH SEA CRUDE OIL ." <nscoandgas@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:28:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS COMPANY NOTIFICATION


NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS COMPANY(NSCO) LOTTO WINNER
The North Sea Oil And Gas Crude Oil Lottery United Kingdom
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
W63 5NL

FROM THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS(NSCO) LOTTO DEPARTMENT
Ref: UK/5330X2/68
Batch: 066/05/ZY288
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#2006) of the NORTH SEA OIL AND
GAS LOTTERY(NSCO),online
Sweepstakes International program held on the 30th of May 2006. Your
e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 8875600545 178 with Serial number 4463/01 drew the lucky
numbers: 08-17-17-96-36-69
(bonus no.10), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st
category i.e match 5. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $950,000.00 (NINE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a
total cash prize of $18,050,00
shared amongst the (19) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus of the crude oil North
Sea And Gas lotto. 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
yearly.
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 of
$950,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) 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:

Dr Brian Phillips
EMAIL: nscofundsdepartment1@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 702 407 8390
FAX: +44 871 247 5753

Congratulations from me and members of staff of the NORTH SEA OIL AND
GAS(NSCO) LOTTO
Yours Sincerely,
Dr Carl.A.Steven,

Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.)
Online coordinator for NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS(NSCO) LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of
the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is
privileged, confidential and
prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you
are not the intended recipient
of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
message is strictly prohibited.
If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by
reply email and destroy all
copies of the original message.

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