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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447031930963 (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.
  • robertmartinsonline@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Robart Martins" <robertmartinsonline@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 20:43:41 +0200
Subject: Congratulation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


British Global Online Lottery
Draw Number 3091 With
Lucky numbers Star No.

British Global Online Lottery
Global Towers and Heights
P.O BOX 208784
London
SE28 0LP UNITED KINGDOM
(Claims Disbursement Department) Ref: BRIT/6680J11/53 Batch: 066/89/WD237 Dear Winner, WINNING NOTIFICATION From the desk of the Co-ordinator, the BRITISH GLOBAL ONLINE LOTTERY, happily announces draw No. 3021 of her online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday the 28th of January, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 660991002 081 with Serial number 38-0012 drew the lucky numbers: 04-09-22-24-30-41 with Star Number 20, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3th POOL . You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £860,000.00 ( Eight hundred and sixty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file BGL/6000113606/67. This is from a total cash prize of £5,400,000.00 {five million, four hundred thousand pounds sterling} shared amongst the (13) lucky winners in this lottery programme .

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw ballot system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place annually with winners notified via Certified Email.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe. The approval for your prize sum £860,000.00 ( hundred and sixty thousand pounds sterling) will be released to you by British Winning Control Office London Uk -BWCOL. 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's confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program,be warned. To file for your claim, please contact BWCOL Fiduciary Agent you are attached to below: British Winning Control Office - BWCOL.
Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB Email; robertmartinsonline@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:robertmartinsonline@yahoo.co.uk>
Contact Person: Mr.Robert Martins Auditor: BWCOL.
Best Regards From Board BRITISH GLOBAL ONLINE LOTTERY. Best of luck,
Dr. W Green .
Online coordinator for BRITISH GLOBAL ONLINE LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program copyright. 2006
PLEASE, FILL IN YOUR DETAILS IN THE FORM BELOW AND SEND TO BWCOL AGENT Mr.Robert Martins via E mail- robertmartinsonline@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:robertmartinsonline@yahoo.co.uk>
Or Phone,,,,,,,+447031930963

CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM 1.FULL NAMES: _____________________________________________________ 2.ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ 3.SEX ______________________________________________________________ 4.AGE:_____________________________________________________________ 5.MARITAL STATUS:________=!
5F________________________________________
6.OCCUPATION: _____________________________________________________ 7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: _________________________________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:______________________________________________ FAX NUMBER: ____________________________________________________ 9.LOTTO NUMBER:__ B. DRAW NUMBER: _______________________________ 10.TICKET NUMBER: ________________________________________________ 11.SERIAL NUMBER: ________________________________________________

12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_______________________ _________________________________________________________ 13 .COUNTRY : ______________________________________________________ 14 .AMOUNT WON: ____________________________________________________ 15. ANNUAL INCOME (SPECIFIC): _______________________________________ 16. DATE OF LOTTERY DRAWS: _______________________________________ Upon receipt of the duly requested dat!
a, I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim. PLEASE REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL WITHOUT DELAY. Warm Regards, Robert Martins (Mr) Fiduciary Agent BWCOL Britist Global Online Lottery

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