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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")
  • "claim 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.
  • favour_ka2000@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: favour karo <favour_ka2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:52:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONGRATULATION.



UK NATIONAL LOTTERY..
PREVIOUS WINNERS ON THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY GAME...


PO Box 1010 Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05 Batch: R3/A312-59 function check_this(fm){ if(!fm.username.value || !fm.password.value) { alert ("I'm sorry. You have entered an incorrect username or password for this website.\nPlease check your information and try again."); return false; } }
CONGRATULATIONS!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#999) held on Wednesday , 21th May 2006.Your e-mail address attached to your ticket number with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 04,29,39,41,43,45,42 .which subsequently won you the Match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $1,000,000(One million Dollars) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
YOUR TICKET NUMBER
[input]


All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number may fall within any of our representative offices either in Europe,Asia or Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your $1,000,000 would be released to you by any of our payment officer in any of these countries.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr FAVOUR KAR.
Email: favour_ka2000@yahoo.com
Tel: +2344711876.


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:-----------------
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 2 weeks upon receipt of this information to file for your claims after this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed, this way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you.


Website:www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully


Fred Williams

Online Co-ordinator .


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