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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • richardcohen4444@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY" <stakes_programmeuk36@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:52:14 +0000
Subject: OFFICIAL NOTICE [CONGRATULATIONS]

                                                    

                                   The National Lottery
                                    P O Box 1010
                                    Liverpool, L70 1NL

                                    UNITED KINGDOM

                                  

Winning Numbers 1 2 26 30 40 21

                                      WINNING NOTIFICATION:

 

We are happy to announce to you the draw (#953) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,Online Sweepstakes International program held on 1st of April 2006.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 5647560054 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 50-18-22-24-32-33(bonus no 21.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category bonus no 21.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £900,000 (Nine Hundred  Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

 

This is from a total cash prize of £1,800,000 shared among the first Two (2) 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 monthly.

 

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our London Representative Office in London United Kingdom,  as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £900,000 (Nine Hundred  Thousand British Pounds Sterling) will be released to you from this regional branch office in LONDON where you own email account fell into.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our fiduciary Claim Agent where you own Email Account was selected as winner, He will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your winning price money as soon as you contact him. His contact details is shown below:

Barr.Richard Cohen
Walpole Attorneys

Edmonton, Central London.

Email: richardcohen4444@yahoo.co.uk

 

All cash prizes  MUST be claimed before 16th of Sept.2006, otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity organization,motherless babies and refugee camps world wide.

 

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your cash prize is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever means you wish to recieve your cash prize.

 

Endeavour  to contact the agent with your winning numbers.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!!

Congratulations!!! once more on behalf of members and staff of the BRITISH REWARD LOTTERY 2006.

 

                                          

Congratulations once again.      

   

Yours in service,              

            

Origoni Luis. Esq

 

 

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