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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:
  • "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.
  • consult_moore01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Info promo <info@promo7.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:54:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: WINNING NOTICE


PRIME UNION LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE
UNITED KINGDOM.
36 BRIDGE STREET
STAINES
MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP
LONDON.

Ref: UK/8970X2/29
Batch: 674/0F5/ZY572

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you Prime Union Lottery Sweepstakes 10th anniversary draw held on
the 2nd of October, 2006 in London.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 01714569210BB8 with Serial number 95568/07 drew the lucky numbers: 09-12-87-56-86-19 (bonus no.8), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. match 5. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,035,350 (Two Million and Thirty Five thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023183/80. This is from a total cash prize of £6,106,050 shared amongst the (3) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6 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 of £2,035,350 ( Two Million and Thirty Five thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. This is not a joke, your winning is real, you have to act fast.

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 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:


Mr. Roland Moore
Email: consult_moore01@yahoo.co.uk


Endeavor to email him your full names, winning numbers, email address and telephone numbers immediately

>From me and members of staff of the Prime Union Lottery Sweepstakes.


Yours faithfully,
Jon Ren
Online coordinator for Prime Union Lottery Sweepstakes
Sweepstakes International 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.
Also, if you have received this email more than once, or any other notification, you are to notify your fiduciary agent. This is a measure to check those using our company names for indecent acts.

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