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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million united states dollars" (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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +2348063794571 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • info_mg@consultant.com
  • mgarfield_info@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "STELLA ELLIS NLUK ONLINE CORDINATOR" <updates_nluk@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:41:21 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!

FROM THE DESK OF MRS STELLA ELLIS
ONLINE CORDINATOR
NATIONAL LOTTO UK

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnational.asp

REF No: OBS/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/OBS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-66

WINNING NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATION ,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on the 1ST JULY 2006. Your E-mail address
attached to Ticket number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98
drew the lucky numbers 8-66-97-22-65-66, which consequently won in the 1st
category; you have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of US$
1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars). This is from a total cash
prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million shared amongst Ten International Lucky
Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS: This lottery is a promotional program by LOTTO, NL (Biggest
lottery Organization in the United Kingdoms UK) to advertise to the world
its existence. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 50,000 companies and 2,000,000 individual email
addresses from all over the world, as part of our international promotions
program, which we intend to conduct several times a year.

Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a
clearance, which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the
subsequent onward transfer into your nominated bank account within 24 hours
of completion of the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim, we
suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim has
been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained. This is
in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization & High
Court of Justice.

This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants.
All winnings must be claimed within a month of receipt of this information
,And according to the assigned REGION OF THE WORLD. After this period all
unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the age of
18 is automatically disqualified.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African Regional
booklet representative office in Nigeria as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your (One million United States Dollars) will be released
to you by any of our payment Regional offices in AFRICAN PAYMENT
CENTER;NGERIA Precisely.

To file for your claim, please contact our regional claiming agent in
NIGERIA who should guild you on the step to making claims on your winning.
He is your claims agent.


Barrister Martin Garfield
FIDUCIARY AGENT.

Barrister Martin Garfield,
Official Email:-info_mg@consultant.com
mgarfield_info@yahoo.co.uk
Private Telephone Number ;+234-8063794571.

NOTE: You must forward your REF No,BATCH No,TICKET No,SERIAL No and your
LUCKY No to the regional agent for filing. All winnings must be notarized
and a certificate of award must be obtained from the Gaming Board to
complete the claims process, this certificate can only be obtained through
legal representation . Winners are to cover the Legal charges for the
notarization of the claim form and the acquisition of the certificate of
award not LOTTO.NL
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, provide the
following when replying:

1. Name:.........................

2.Address:....................

3.Phone..................

4.Occupation......................

5.Country.......................

6. Age...............................

Delays will compel us to disperse your funds, in other words, we shall
divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember to quote your reference
number in all correspondence.

Finally, you make sure that you save a copy of this mail and note every
letter clearly as stated for we will not be held responsible should there be
any complications in this transaction due to laxity on your part.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours faithfully
STELLA ELLIS(Mrs)
Online Coor! dinator ! for
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
www.national-lottery.com

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,
is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the
individual(s) or entity (ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,
distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is
strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in
error, please notify the sender by return email and delete the original
message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of
your mail client).
Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not
relate to official business of NATIONAL LOTTERY and insurance shall be
understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and
insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any
information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions
of the governing client's contract(s).

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
COPYRIGHT © 1994-2006 ALL RIGHT

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