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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")
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447024024711 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447024083676 (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.
  • barr_owengreen212@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "THE NATIONAL LOTTERY" <s_moore709@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:45:47 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 101 THE MARINA OFFICE,
ST PETERS YACHT BASIN,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,
NF6 1HX ENGLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKLL/9421X2/74,
Batch: DX.074/05/ZY375

Draw date: 14/10/2006.



http://www.national-lottery.com/resultsnationalhistorical.asp


RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE

Congratulations Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#979) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held .Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:
5647561334-198 with Serial number 5368/04
drew the lucky numbers: 8 , 15 ,24 ,31 ,37 ,42 (Bonus 45), 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 £750,000
(seven hundred and fifty thousand great British pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9143118308/O7. This is from a total cash
prize of
£5,250,000 shared amongst the first seven (7) lucky winners 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
£750,000 (seven hundred and fifty thousand great British pounds
sterling)
would 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.

Your prize award has been insured in your email and is ready for
claims. 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 contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION.
**************************************************
BARR.OWEN GREEN.
FOREIGN MANAGER,PAYMENT AND RELEASE
DEPARTMENT,ALPHA CONSULATANT
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
TELL:+44 7024083676 ,+44 7024083715
+44702-402-4711 ,+44 702-402-4726

E-mail:barr_owengreen212@hotmail.com

**************************************************

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality,
and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where
they so desire.

Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary
measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Any
lottery double claim dedected by our monitoring committee will lead to
the Uk national lottery cacelling the winnings. making a loss for both
the real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.


PLEASE FILL BELOW YOUR DETAILS AND THE WAY YOUR WHICH TO CLAIM YOUR
WINNING.

In line with the governing rules of claim, you are to state how you
want us to pay you your winning prize
YOU ARE TO SEND TO US YOUR BANKING DETAILS BELOW FOR PAYOUT.
Bank Name:..................................................
Name On Account : .....................................
Account Number:..........................................
Wire Instructions:.........................................
If You Intend To Claim Your Money Through Cheque Delivery Please Fill
the Details Below:
Name Of Winner.....................................................
Delivery Address:....................................................
..................
...............................................................
Tel/Fax Of Delivery:................................................
Post Code/Zip Code Delivery.............................
Country/State:.......................................................
...
Your Personal Data Form Fill Please.
Name Of Winner:_____________________________
Date Of Birth:________________________________
Occupation::_________________________________
Tel No:______________________________________
Fax No:_____________________________________
City:________________________________________
State:_______________________________________
Country:_____________________________________
Zip Code:____________________________________
Your winnings details:

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than two weeks
of this notification. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and
complications,remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence.

Further more, should there be any change of address do inform our
agent as soon as possible.

Once again congratulations.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Susan Moore.
Online Co-ordinator for Uk National Lottery
Sweepstakes International Program.

_________________________________________________________________
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