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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")
• 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.
  • +447024078589 (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.
  • claimsagent_norlan001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ukonlinenationallottery <onlinelottery@result.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:19:40 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: congratulation (pls contact claims agent Asap)





THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
NOTIFICATION DEPARTMENT
ONLINE SWEEPSTAKE
PROGRAMME
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327
Batch: UKNL5/A115-07
RE/AWARD BRITISH NOTIFICATION DESK


Dear Lucky Winner, We happily announce to you the new months draw
(#994)of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program
held on the 6th and 7th of September, 2006. It is yet to be unclaimed
and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number 55-9-478 with Serial number
1037 drew the luckynumbers: bonus no.04), which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You are therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,500,000(onemillion five hundred thousand great British pounds sterling)in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£15,000,000 shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this
category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.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.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.In view of this, your £1,500,000 (one million five hundred thousand
Great Britain pounds sterling) would 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 claims 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 immediately
for verification

REV.NORLAN DAVIES
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER
EWEEK SECURITY COMPANY UK
CRAWFORD LODGE 98A REDCLIFFE
GARDENS LONDON SW10 9HH, UK
TEL: +44-7024078589
TEL: +44-7031850204
Email:claimsagent_norlan001@yahoo.com


Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,


Mrs Elizabeth Tyler
Online coordinator for NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.

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