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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.
  • +447031940825 (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.
  • enquiry333@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UKONLINE WINNINGS <ukonline@ukonline5.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 05:46:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Tom Stuart (Sir)



The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
BONUS WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#990) of the UK NATIONAL 11th of
August,2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:04-07-26-41-42-49(bonus
no.37),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e
match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of £714,285(Seven Hundred And Fourteen Thousand,Two Hundred And
Eight Five Pound Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £5millions shared amongst
the(7)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
randomly from a pool of over 100,000 names of e-mail addresses drawn from Europe, America,
Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North &
South America as part of our international promotions programme
conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.
===========================================================================
We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our
subsequent lottery jackpots.
In view of this, your £714,285(Seven Hundred And Fourteen Thousand,Two
Hundred And Eight Five Pounds Sterling) in cash credited will 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 claim is processed and your money remitted to
you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of
our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and nwarranted
abuse of this program.Please be warned!!!
==========================================================================
Please be advised. To file in for your immediate claim of your
prize,You are to fill the claim verification form below and send it to
your fiduciary agent for processing and release of your winning prize.
Please contact your fiduciary agents via email:
Mr Alice Woods:
Email: enquiry333@aim.com
Tel: +44 703 194 0825
===========================================================================
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below:
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.RELIGION:
7.OCCUPATION:
8.HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENCE........(identification on delivery)
9.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
10.TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
A.MOBILE PHONE NO:
B.HOUSE PHONE NO:
C.FAX NO:
11.A.BATCH NUMBER:
B.REFRENCE NUMBER:
12.TICKET NUMBER:
13.SERIAL NUMBER:
14.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL
15.AMOUNT WON:
16. CITY/ZIP CODE/ STATE/PROVINCE:
17. COUNTRY:
===========================================================================
This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid
particulars of me. Yes: No:
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Yours faithfully,
Tom Stuart (Sir)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes Bonus International Program.
PLEASE BEWARE OF FAKE ONLINE LOTTERIES!!!
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL!!!CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT TO FILE YOUR CLAIM

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