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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 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.
  • +447716185299
• 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.
  • davidhudsworth@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "steven husten" <huste45@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:22:35 +0000
Subject: Hello

FROM: ONLINE LOTTERY CORPORATION
REF NUMBER: EAASL/9410Y1/02
BATCH NUMBER: 561701-PCD03
1 QUEENS PARK ROAD
K2M 4RT
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.

WINNING NOTIFICATION


We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Net Lottery Corporation
programs held on the 27th of September, 2006. Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number 5388/02 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers
37-13-34-85-56-42 which consequently won in the 3RD category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £516,778.00(Five
hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight pounds sterling
only) or $921,201:00(Nine hundred and twenty one thousand two hundred and
one dollars only) in cash/check credited to file number NTL/34123/003.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names
from all over the world, the program takes place every year. This lottery
was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities such as Her Royal
Highness, the Queen of England.

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 £516,778 (Five hundred and Sixteen thousand, seven hundred and
seventy eight pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.

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 kindly provide the following Informations and
send it to our Fiduciary Agent who shall clear youas a winner. (1)FULL NAMES
(2) DATE OF BIRTH (3)SEX (4) MARITAL STATUS (5) CONTACT ADDRESS (6) PHONE
NUMBERS (7)OCCUPATION

MR.DAVID HUDSWORTH
Email:davidhudsworth@yahoo.com
TEL: +447716185299

Upon receipt of the duly requested datas, he shall send to you the contact
information of the paying Office so you can proceed with effecting the
release of your funds.

Good luck from me and members of staff of Net Lottery International.

Yours faithfully,
Steven Husten
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
NET LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.

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