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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:

• 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 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.
  • +447023056037 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: HENRY STYLZ <henry_stylz@mail.ru>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 07:07:05 +0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON!!!



The National Lottery
P.O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draw (#1096) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 24 Jun, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: ( 9 , 14 , 21 , 23 , 39 , 44 , bonus number 19 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 £541,022 (five hundred,fourty one thousand and twenty two
poundssterling ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a
total cash prize of £9,833,286 shared amongst the (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 £541,022 (five hundred and forty one
thousand,and twenty two 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.Henry Stylz
Email: andymoore306@yahoo.comYou can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winning numbers:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.doAttached below is a copy of the verification form:VERIFICATION FORM
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________
_______________________________________________
3.SEX:__________4.AGE:__________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:_______________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________________________9.LOTTO NUMBER (above):____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER
(above):______________
10.TICKET NUMBER (above):___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER (above):__________________
12.AMOUNT WON (above):______________________
13.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_______________________________________________________
14. COUNTRY________________________________
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Henry Stylz. Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+44-7023056037
Fax :+44-715043339
Copyright ? 1994-2006 CastleInternational/The UK National Lottery Inc.
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