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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")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447040113854 (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.
  • ukstake_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: National Programme Result <claims_unit@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:54:50 -0300
Subject: Ref: UKS/9410R2/03

UK- NATIONAL LOTTERY
184 WESTING FIELD DRIVE,SW1 4TH,
P.O.BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Ref: UKS/9410R2/03
Batch: 12/28/DEM32

                                                             
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

The Management announce to you the draw number (# 121) of the UK Stake National lottery Dream Number result Promotions in UK, Your email address was attached to ticket number 36475600545-187UK, with serial number 9318/14 drew The lucky numbers 3- 8 -1-6- 2 -5-3, and consequently Won you the lottery in the 2ND category. All participants were selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 500,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses database. as part of  International Promotions Programme, in correspondent to the national profit in the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.
Your email address has Won you the lottery in the 2ND category,You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay Of £500,000.00 British Pounds (GBP) in cash credited to file Ref: UK/9410R2/03. This is from total prize money Of £2,000,000.00 British Pounds (GBP) shared among the four International winners in this category.In other to claim your £500,000.00 GBP prize, you will have to fill the form below for verification by your claims agent: Please confirm result here: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do  ( Winning Number   * 3- 8 -1- 6- 2 -5- 3 * )

*FULL
NAMES..............................
*ADDRESS.................................
*AGE.....................................
*SEX.....................................
*OCCUPATION..............................
*STATE/REGION............................
*COUNTRY.................................
*TEL.....................................
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the above details and your winning Identification Numbers:

Mr. Francis Elliot
9 Leapal Road, Guildford,
Surrey, GU1 4JX
United Kingdom
Tel: +44-7040113854
Email: ukstake_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk
Claim agent incharge.

If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this Communication is strictly prohibited. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank You for being part of our promotional lottery programme.
Sincerely,
Dr. Wilford Smith
National Programme Co-ordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam