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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")
  • "claim 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.
  • +447024028833 (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.
  • uklinfoagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD" <uklbeneficiary04@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:11:32 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION........YOU HAVE WON!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today 27th of
September, 2006 of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO PROGRAMME
held on Saturday the 23rd of September, 2006. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:(13)-(08)-(14)-(19)-(28)-(29) (48) bonus # (06) which subsequently
won you the lottery in the second category. You have therefore been approved
to claim a total sum of £100,983 (One hundred thousand, nine hundred and
eighty-three pound Sterling's) in cash credited to KTU/9023118308/03. This
is from a total cash prize of £2,120,643 shared amongst the twenty-one (21)
lucky winners in this category.

This year's Lottery Program Jackpot is the 5th largest ever in the history
of Europe Sweepstakes. All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 125,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your
lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office
in Europe as indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your £100,983
(One hundred thousand, nine hundred and eighty-three pound Sterling's) would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European
agent (Mr Henry Anthony) will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. 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 fill the claims form below and contact
our fiduciary agent with your complected forms with the below email address.

Contact your claim agent (Mr Henry Anthony) the body has
assigned him to be incharge of the verification of all emergent winner.
Therefore all protocols laid down by his office must be followed to
facilitate
your claims.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes of £15Million international lotto.

AGENT: Mr Henry Anthony
Email: uklinfoagent@yahoo.co.uk
Tell : +44-702-402-8833

(Form HLP)
REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME...............................................
AMOUNT WON..........................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:................................
AGE..............................
OCCUPATION.......................
TEL.......................FAX................ (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL................................

HAVE YOU A PASSPORT OR LICENSE.............(identification on delivery)

DATE..............................................

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them with your completed form.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank
you for being part of our online promotional lottery program.
Yours Truly,
Sir. Richard K. Lloyd.
Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISCLAIMER:.
ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON YOUR PART WILL AUTHOMATICATLY DISQUALIFY
YOU AS OUR BENEFICIARY.

The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the
British Government and other Non Governmental Oganisations (N.G.O)
THE UK LOTTERY internet draws is held in each quarter of the year and
is so organized to encourage the use of the internet and computers
worldwide.
We are proud to say that up to One hundred Million Pound Sterlings are won
annually in more than 150 Countries worldwide.

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