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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031949266 (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.
  • payoutofficeclaimsagentuk1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wood2rose" <wood2rose@lycos.co.uk>
Date: Wed Jul 05 01:40:00 GMT+00:00 2006
Subject: WOW:::::(CONGRATULATION) YOU HAVE WON THE LOTTERY FOR JUNE 21st


Ref : UK/776090X2/23 Batch: 013/05/8394369 Daily Draw Further results http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp Draw date:28/6/2006 WINNING NOTIFICATION: Attn: Winner, We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online UKNational Lottery program held on 28th of June 2006.Your e-mail address won the lottery, with Serial number 368/02 drew the Winning numbers:11 ,12 34 ,39 ,44 ,48 (bonus no.21), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of $1,628,360.00 (One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Million Unites State Dollars) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of $20,350,000.00,shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e Match 3 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 corporatebodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,your $1,628,360.00 (One Million Six Hundred And Twenty Eight Thousand Three Hundred And Sixty Million Unites State Dollars) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our european agent will immediately commence the process t o facilitate the release of our funds as soon as you contact her.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confid ential til your claim is processed and your money remitted to yo u in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.Draw Draw date:28/6/2006 11 ,12 ,34 ,39 ,44 ,48 BONUS 21 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, Plea
se contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION. ************************************************** Barrister David Green.Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Deprtment,OSA CLAIMS PROCESSING LOTTERY AGENT. TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM Tel Phone:+447031949266 E-mail :payoutofficeclaimsagentuk1@yahoo.co.uk ************************************************** PLEASE FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS AND THE WAY YOUR WHICH TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING. In line with the governing rules of claim, you are to state how you want us to pay you your winning prize YOU ARE TO SEND TO US YOUR BANKING DETAILS BELOW FOR PAYOUT. Bank Name:.................................................. Name On Account : ..................................... Account Number:.......................................... Wire Instructions:......................................... If You Intend To Claim Your Money Through Cheque Delivery Please Fill the Details Below: Name Of Winner........................
............................. Delivery Address:.................................................... ................... ................................................................ Tel/Fax Of Delivery:................................................ Post Code/Zip Code Delivery............................. Country/State:........................................................... Your Personal Data Form Fill Please. Name Of Winner:_____________________________ Date Of Birth:________________________________ Occupation::_________________________________ Tel No:______________________________________ Fax No:_____________________________________ City:________________________________________ State:_______________________________________ Country:_____________________________________ Zip Code:____________________________________ Your winnings details: Winning Numbers: Batch Numbers:Ref Numbers: You are to quote your winning details in other to commence on the process of your winni
ng claim. Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address,telephone and fax numbers immediately. Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully, Rose Wood (Mrs) Online Coordinator


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