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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")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447031944739 (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.
  • ianhilton_claims_release_unit2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ian Hilton <ian@hiltonian.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 02:26:48 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON (Ref:UK/9420X2/68 Batch:074/05/ZY369)



THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
THE MARINA OFFICE,ST PETERS YACHT BASIN
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,NE6 1HX
ENGLAND.

Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1120) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held Saturday 16th September, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers (11) (12) (16) (33) (34) (43) Winning Numbers Breakdown Bonus Ball [28] 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 £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £2,500,000 (Two million five hundred thousand pounds sterlings) shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winner 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 European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess 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 your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
Contact Details for European claims agents
Name: Mr.Ian Hilton,
Email:ianhilton_claims_release_unit2@yahoo.co.uk
Phone number:+44-703-194-4739

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 send your complete information to your claims agent whose details are given below.Once your verification form is completely filled and returned our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.
After two weeks of this notification all funds will be returned to our treasury as unclaimed. Also You are adviced to quote your ticket and lucky numbers to our fiduciary agent in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform our fiduciary agent as soon as possible. For the immediate release of your payments you are to provide the following details to our fiduciary agent;


FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..........................................

CITY/STATE:........................................................

COUNTRY:...........................................................

NATIONALITY:......................................................

OCCUPATION:.............................................&nb sp;

SEX:.......................AGE:.......................................

MARIT AL STATUS................................................

TEL NO:.................................................................

NEXT OF KIN:.........................................................

AMOUNT WON:......................................................

REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:......................

LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO.........................
SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:.................

Remember that this program is organised to enhance unity and also encourage all micro-soft users all over the world. Congratulations once again from all members of our staff, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.
Yours faithfully,
Brian Hunt
Online coordinator
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