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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")
• 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.
  • jameswood10001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uklottoworld" <uklottoworld@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:01:52 -0600
Subject: UK LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION




U.K International Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service
Ref: EU/8260Y4/83
Batch: 062/09/XT528
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happly announce to you the draw of the U.K International Lottery
Sweepstake Online Lottery International programs held on the 29th of JUNE,
2006 in west africa Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 6924/07 drew the lucky
numbers:16-4-13-24-46-2, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of US$2,500,000.00 (Two million,Five Hundred ThousandUnited States Dollars) in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of $25Million dollars,shared among the firstTen (10) lucky winners in this category.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 Please note that
yourlucky winning number falls within our African
bookletrepresentative office in West Africa as indicated in
yourplay coupon.In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00
(Two million,Five Hundred Thousand United StatesDollars)
would be released to you by our payment office in Africa.
OurAfrican 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr james wood
EMAIL:jameswood10001@yahoo.co.uk
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your full
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
5. Occupation:
6. Sex:
7. Age :
8. Nationality:
9. Present Country:
A scanned identification of your self sent via email. You are
adviced to forward these informations as soon as
possible to enable us attend to your file.
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this program.Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
BRUCE SIMPSON
U.K International Lottery Co-ordinator

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