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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "universal stakes lottery"
• 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.
  • paymentdep1_usl@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charles_h1" <charles_h1@terra.com.mx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 12:38:56 -0600
Subject: AWARD / PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION.


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL INTERNET
AWARENESS LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.

FROM:THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
CIIALP. PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF NO. Reference number: 132/756/4509
Batch number:538901527-Bc68
Ticket number:27522465896-6453

RE: AWARD / PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the release of the results of the
XAKAFADE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 20th of April, 2006.
YOUR NAME ON YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS attached to ticket number
27522465896-6453 with Batch number:538901527-Bc68 drew the which
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of 4,000,000 (4
Millon Euros ) in cash credited to file REF NO. Refrence
number:132/756/4509. This is from a total cash prize of 24 million
Euro's shared among the Six international winners in this category.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from
Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of
Africa, and North & South America as part of our international
promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective
overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will
take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and you 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:
Name:WILSON DAVIES
E-mail: paymentdep1_usl@yahoo.co.uk

Fiduciary Agent.
Verifications/Logistic Department
Universal Sweepstakes Lottery.

Good luck from members of staff and I of the UNIVERSAL STAKES
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Richard Lloyds.
Lottery Co-Ordinator,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(UNIVERSAL STAKES LOTTERY).
Sweepstakes International Program Open 7 days 8am-11pm

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