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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 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_ashleymullins@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2006" <agent_ashleymullins@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:35:27 +0000
Subject: LETTER OF WINNING NOTIFICATIONS..........2006




UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369
UK-LOTTO Headquarters:
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1126)of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 7th of October 2006. in NEWCASTLE, UNITED-KINGDOM.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188with Serial number 5368/02drew the lucky numbers: . . . . . . [ ] Bonus Ball,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds) in cash, credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £3.6 Million pounds, shared amongst the first Four (4) lucky winners in this category ( £200,000 minus for Monument) All participants for this online version were selected randomly from WorldWide 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 £850,000(Eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European 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 receive your prize. For the International Winners e.g United States are to be contacted via telephone or e-mail because of the time difference.
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 of £850,000.00 pounds sterlings Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION . .....THANKS!!!






OVERSEA CLAIMS OFFICE
fiduciary agent:
Mr Ashley Mullins
Email: agent_ashleymullins@yahoo.co.uk
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WARNING: You might receive similar emails from people who will be asking for your personal informations, if they are not from us please diregard it as they will be using that means to get your information which they would want to use to impersonate you and claim your winnings, we have been witnessing similar cases, be warned!!!
Importantly for your own security to avoid situations like this reported on this news extract;
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654977

View pictures of the last batch of ten online lottery winners in the United Kingdom National lottery,from Japan,Canada,Australia,Ghana,New zealand,South Africa,United States Of America,Italy,Chile,Syria


Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.
Yours faithfully,
RICHARD LLOYDS

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Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program Intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged,confidential and prohibited fromunauthorized 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.
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