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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • agent_claims_luis@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "susan moore" <susanmoore_2@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:09:28 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
BENIN REP. OF COTONOU
(Customer Services)
Ref: BENL/05/8256/53219/QE327
Batch: BENL5/A115-07

RE/AWARD BENIN NOTIFICATION DESK

Dear Lucky Winner,
We happily announce to you the new year draw (#994) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday, September
11, 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: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 1037 drew the lucky numbers: 07,14,29,37,41,45,04 (bonus no.04),
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 £1,500,000 (one
million five hundred thousand great British pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£10,500,000 shared amongst the first seven (7) 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.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our Benin 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 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!!!.

PLEASE WE ADVISE YOU TO FILL THIS VERIFICATION FORM AND GET BACK TO THE
FUDICIARY CLAIMS AGENT VIA EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR CLAIMS.

VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:_______
2.ADDRESS:__________
3.SEX:______________
4.AGE:______________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___
6.OCCUPATION:_______
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: __
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_
9.BATCH NUMBER:_____
B. REF NUMBER:______
10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:
11.AMOUNT WON:______
12. COUNTRY:________
Barrister. Luis Santiago
Alpha Consultants Lawfirm & Schmidtz Associates
(Solicitors Advocates & Arbitrators)
Phone+(229)93158506
Official Email: agent_claims_luis@yahoo.com
Fiduciary Agent/Payment Officer.
Endeavour to email him your full names, winning numbers,email/billing
address, telephone numbers immediately. Congratulations from me and members
of staff of THE BENIN LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Susan Moore
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.

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