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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • chkingson@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CAMELOT LOTTERY UK" <lotcame9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: camelotlotteryuk@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:02:58 +0100
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION.

CAMELOT LOTTERY UK.
"SWEEPSTAKES"
58 QUEENS WAY, PLOT 161
LONDON W2 3RW ENGLAND.
UNITED KINGDOM

Ref : LP/2510460037/06
Batch: 24/00319/IPD


DEAR WINNER:

OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the Draw Number:124 of the SWEEPSTAKES
ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT PROGRAMME held on Ist of August, 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:02511464992-750 with Serial
number:2113-05 drew the Lucky Numbers:3-18-19-30-32-39 with(bonus no.25),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category i.e match 6 lucky
numbers plus bonus no.25.
Our winners are arranged into four categories with different winning prizes
accordingly in each category.They are arranged in this format below:

CATEGORY NO.OF WINNERS WINNING PRIZES
1st. 2 USD.$1,350,000:00 each
2nd. 5 USD.$850,600:00 each
3rd 8 USD $500,000:00 each
4th. 2 USD.$170,000:00 each


Your e-mail won you the prize in the 3nd category, You have therefore been
approved to claim the total sum of USD$500,000:00 (Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars only) in cash credited to file. This is from a total
cash prize of USD$4 million, thousand dollars, shared amongst the eight (8
lucky winners in this category.

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 annually.

Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet repre-
sentative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your USD$500,000:00 (Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) will 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.

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 your FUDICIARY AGENT for VALIDATION
of your winning within Twenty-nine days of this winning notification.
Winnings that are not validated within Twenty-nine days of winning
notification are termed void and invalid. For the immediate release of your
funds you are to provide the following details to your Validating Officer
to enable him validate your winning.


FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

COUNTRY:

NATIONALITY:

OCCUPATION:

SEX:

AGE:

TEL NO:

NEXT OF KIN:

LUCKY NUMBERS:


FUDICIARY AGENT
*******************************************************************
Name: Mr. Charles Kingson
Email: chkingson@yahoo.co.uk
Foreign Services FUDICIARY AGENT
CAMELOT LOTTO AGENCY "Sweepstakes" Online Lottery.

Tele: 0044 7024068077

********************************************************************

Congratulations from me and members of staff of CAMELOT ONLINE LOTTERY
DEPARTMENT UK.

Yours faithfully,


MRS LUISE ESTRADA.
(Online Coordinator)
For: CAMELOT UNLINE LOTTERY UK.

N/B: THE CAMELOT UK LOTTERY PROGRAM IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE
MICROSOFT CORPORATION, THE INTEL GROUP, AND TOSHIBA, DELL COMPUTERS,
MACKINTOSH AND A CONGLOMERATION OF OTHER INTERNATIONAL IT COMPANIES. THE
CAMELOT UK LOTTERY ONLINE DRAWS IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY AND IT IS ORGANIZED
TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE. WE ARE PROUD
TO SAY THAT UP TO (USD$50,000,000.00) FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
ARE WON ANNUALLY IN MORE THAN 150 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

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