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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")
• 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.
  • +447031947341 (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.
  • fiduciaryagent555@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Susan Hills" <susanhills1o@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: uknationalottery101@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:31:02 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE

EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
HEAD OFFICE
P.O. BOX 1764
VICTORIA SW1V 4DP
LONDON, ENGLAND.


WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on friday august 11th, 2006. Your name attached
to a ticket number 56475600545 188 with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers
14 18 27 33 37 39 bonus ball 47


which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £870,000 (eight
hundred and seventy thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to the file
reference number: UKLT/245512568021/06. and batch number 074/05/zy369. This
is from a total cash price of £2,610,000 shared amongst the three(3) lucky
winners in this category. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
advice that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to you as this is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by the general public.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
an on-line web wide correlation of E-MAIL address names all over the world
as part of our international promotions program which we conduct once every
year. To file out your claim please contact our fiduciary agent:

Contact Person: MR. Edward Hanks

Email:fiduciaryagent555@yahoo.co.uk

Tele: +447031947341
+447011127652

You are adviced to quote your ticket and lucky numbers to our fiduciary
agent in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. . Furthermore,
should there be any change in your address, do inform our fiduciary agent as
soon as possible.
For the immediate release of your payments you are to provide the following
details to our fiduciary agent;

FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:..........................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

OCCUPATION:......................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS...................................

TEL NO:...........................................

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................

REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............

LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............

SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........
Remember that this program is organised to enhance unity and also
encourage all micro-soft users all over the world
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff, and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
MRS SUSAN HILLS
CO-ORDINATOR
EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD.
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from
unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended
recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of
this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error,
please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the
original message.

WARNING!!!
ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD
BE FOWARDED TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM AND
LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED

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