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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.
  • +447040118776 (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.
  • linktrustltdclaims@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Aret Franklin <premierlotto3@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 01:34:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOUR CLAIMS FOREND OF THE YEAR 2006 PROMO


MEMO FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
PREMIER LOTTERY


We happily announce to you that You have been selected as one of two winners of the PREMIER LOTTERY and a Category A prize winner, computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of £6,500,000 (Six million five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is PLUK/2030/0181/08; ticket number101-OIO-77/A.


We in the PREMIER LOTTERY,is by this program, launching our model computer balloting lottery draws, developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. with funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all Winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.


After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.In view of this, your £6,500,000 (Six million five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds) would be released to you by any of this option below


(1) courier service.
(2) bank transfer.
(3) If you wish to come personally to the HEADQUARTERS of the PREMIER LOTTERY UK PROMOTION to claim your prize money.You are to contact our fiduciary agent 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 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 measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MRS.Susan EDWARDS
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
LINK TRUST FINANCE LTD
EMAIL:linktrustltdclaims@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 704 011 8776


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mrs Susan Edwards with followings details below:
1. Your full names,telephone, sex,contact address,occupation,date and place of birth
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with our
designated agent.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the PREMIER LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

LAST WINNERS ON THE PREMIER LOTTERY GAME.



THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
PREMIER LOTTERY,
12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL/FAX : +44 702 305 3533




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