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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")
• 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.
  • +447024055313 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704791176 (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.
  • agent_max_joseph@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery/ Notice centra" <notice_cen3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: notice_centre001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:24:43 +0000
Subject: Latest lottery drawn result powered by (TOPAZ) Congratulation

THE COCA COLA AND THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD
DEPTCOCA COLA AVENUE
STAMFORD BRIDGE LONDON.
SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY AFFILIATE TO THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
final draws held in Brasil on (18th July, 2006) by The National lottery
and
Coca-Cola in conjunction with
the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion, your email was among
the 20 Lucky winners who won £526,856.00 each on the THE COCA\'COLA
COMPANY
PROMOTION

However the results were released on the 20th July, 2006 and your email
was attached to ticket number (56475600545 188) and Serial Numbers
(5368
027)

The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses
from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and
corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the
internet.

However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to
different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over
1,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed
by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).This
lottery
is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In view of this, your 526,856.00 (Five Hundred And Twenty Six Thousand
Eight Hundred And Fifty Six Pounds Sterlings) would be released to you
by any of our payment Unit in Europe.

In other to claim your £526,856.00 prize winning
you are to contact our Promotion manager through email or fax for
prompt
collection of your
fund from the designated Payment Unit.

(CONTACT FIDUCIARY AGENT OF THE OVERSEAS CLAIMS DEPARTMENT FROM THE
NATIONAL
LOTTERY QUARTERS)

The National Lottery Quarters
Overseas Claims Unit
Name: Dr. Joseph Maxwell Anderson
Alternative Email: agent_max_joseph@yahoo.co.uk
Tell: +447024055313
Fax : +44 870 479 1176

You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public
especially your ticket number and ballot number.
(This is important as a case of double
claims will not be entertained).

*Staff of Coca-Cola and the British American Tobacco Company are not to
partake in this Lottery.

Accept my hearty congratulations once again!

Yours faithfully,
Promotion manager

You can go to The National Lottery online result site and input your
Serial
number at the sign in page to confirm the value of your winnings and
also
get a prize breakdown,
Serial number :- 5368 027
Online result site :-http://www.uk-national-onlines-lottery.co.uk/

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