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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.
  • fudiciary_markponfas@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?koi8-r?Q?uk=20lotto?= <awardpromo@inbox.ru>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:51:25 +0400
Subject: =?koi8-r?Q?NOTIFICATION.............YOU=20HAVE=20WON=20?=






BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON,
LONDON.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement
today 18th of June, 2006 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE
PROMO PROGRAMME held on Saturday the 17th of June, 2006. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01-14-21-3-35-48, and a bonus number of
24 which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category.You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £253,437.00 in
cash credited to KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£2,534,370.00 shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this
category.
This year's Lottery Program Jackpot is the 5th largest
ever in the history of Europe Sweepstakes. All participants for the
online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over 125,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your
£253,437.00 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 claims is processed and your 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:MARK PONFA
Email:
fudiciary_markponfas@yahoo.es (mailto:fudiciary_markponfas@yahoo.es)

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL
NAME...............................................
COMPANY NAME:
...........................................
FULL
ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................
FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-
MAIL..................................
HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR
LICENCE.............(identification on delivery)
WINNING
NUMBER........................
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/
INDIVIDUAL:..................................................................

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program. Thank you for being part of our online promotional lottery
program.
Yours Truly,
RICHARD K LLOYD.
Co-ordinator(Online Promo
Programme).

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