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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 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.
  • kaythomas01@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: infodetail link <infodetail@detaillink.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:15:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION!!!


The National Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/025/0034
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK NATIONAL ONLINE
ELECTRONIC LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International programs held on August 2006
in London.Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number
5388/04 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a
total sum of £760,000,00. (seven hundred and sixty thousand pounds) in
cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a
total cash prize of US £125 Million pounds, shared
amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in the second and third
category.
This Lottery Program Jackpot is one of the largest ever
for British Lottery.The estimated £125 million jackpot
would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history. The
biggest was the £363 million jackpot that went to two
winners in a May 2005 drawing of The Big Game, Mega
Millions' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European electronic representative office in
Europe as indicated in our play system. In view of
this, your £760,000.00 (seven hundred and sixty thousand pounds) would
be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.
Your agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as
you make claim.
All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Web site through computer electronic draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 companies and websites.This promotion
takes place monthly. 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 a part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for
processing of your claims.
AGENT:Mr Kay Thomas
Email:kaythomas01@aim.com
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated
agent,all claims are to be made not later than 10 days after you
receive this message.Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our
promotional lottery program.
To view past winners, click here:
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/winners/winnersGallery.jsp#winner2
Sincerely,
Mrs Victoria Moyes.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program NATIONAL LOTTERY
EURO-ASIAN Zonal Online Coordinator

Anti-fraud resources:

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