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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")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • loiseau_agent124@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "btl70" <btl70@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 18:58:16 -0600
Subject: CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT (loiseau_agent124@yahoo.co.uk)


GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the BRITISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 31st
JUNE/JULY,
2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26
(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category
i.ematch 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to
claim a
total sum of ?50,000 (Two Hundred And Fifty thousand pounds
sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a
total cash
prize of ?0,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) 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 until the end of the year. (31/12/2006)
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon. (5647560054) In view of this, your ?50,000 (Two Hundred And
Fifty thousand 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 claim is processed and
your
money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your
prize. please you are advised to contact the agent with your
winning
numbers, 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
and Provide him
with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.
Marital Status:
4.
Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country
Of Residence:
9.
Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
12.Annual
income:
Mr. Emmanuel Loiseau
Email:
loiseau_agent124@yahoo.co.uk
( Fudiciary Agent)
CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF BRITISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. John Moore
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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