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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:

• 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 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.
  • +447031964966 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031964947 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704798605 (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.
  • bensonjackbensonjack@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "britico3" <britico3@canada.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:22:16 -0800
Subject: BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY GAME


BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY GAME 2006




British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service

33 YATCH BASIN MARINA OFFICES,
UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE LONDON


Batch: 14/211/0374
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02


WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the British
online lottery programs programs held in London, Your e-mail
address attached, to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with
Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky
numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been
approved to claim a total sum of £2,000.000.00(Two Million
Pounds Only) in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44.
This is from a total cash prize of £125 million pounds
sterlings.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for
British Online Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot
would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was
the 363 million pounds sterlings jackpot that went to two
winners in December 2005 drawing of The Big Game, Mega
Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view
of this, your £2,000.000.00(Two Million Pounds Only)would
be released to you by our affiliate bank in UK.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you
make contact with him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide
Web site through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 people/companies. This promotion takes place
annually.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent
with the below details for processing of your claims.


AGENT: MR. BENSON JACK.
Email: bensonjackbensonjack@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+44 703 196 4966.+44 703 183 5121. +44-703 196 4947.
+44 703 181 7518.
Fax: +44 870 479 8605.

Call him on phone immedialty you recieve this mail so that
he secure your file and give you the procedure on how the
fund will be remited to your account.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences
with us or our designated agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of
this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program.

Sincerely,
Ms. Lucy Dickson.
Zonal Coordinator

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear
to be beging Britsih National Lottery addresses, but are
not from The British Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT: abcd@702mail.co.za.
LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.






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