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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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 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.
  • uknationallottery_agent01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UKNATIONALLOTTERY <uklotteryagent_01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 20:58:45 -0700
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION DRAW

The National lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369
Date:08th october,2006

 

 

 

                    WINNING NOTIFICATION DRAW:

 

        We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held 08th october 2006, Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serialnumber5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26 Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 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 £1,000,000 sharedamongst the first four(5)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5plus bonus. All participants for the online version were selectedrandomly from WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000unions,associations, and corporate bodies that arelisted online.This promotiontakes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls withinour European bookletrepresentative office in Europe asindicated in your play coupon. In viewof this, your £250,000 (Two hundred and fiftythousand pounds sterlings)would be released to you byany of ourpayment offices in Europe.

 

 Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as youcontact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep yourwinning information confidential your claim is processed and your moneyremitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid doubleclaiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
Mr:Roy Douglas.
EMAIL:uknationallottery_agent01@yahoo.co.uk

 

NAME:....
COMPANY NAME:.....
ADDRESS:......
CITY:......
STATE:.. .
COUNTRY:....
TEL:...
 FAX:....
EMAIL ADDRESS:.....
OCCUPATION:.. .
MARITAL STATUS:....
DATE OF BIRTH:....
DATE:......
 
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
 Yours faithfully,
 Brian Hunt  
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-8pm

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