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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:

• 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.
  • +447005961407 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447011140684 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rodney Constance" <rodneyconstance@rediffmail.com>
Date: 31 Oct 2006 21:50:22 -0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:  Customer Service  28 TANFIELD ROAD,  CROYDON.LONDON  UKNATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AWARD NOTIFICATION Our Ref: BTL/501OX08/THT/09Batch No: 6/090/0712 Date: 2nd September, 2006 TO WINNER IN OUR PROGRAM We happily announce to you the draw of the UK Lottery InternationalPrograms held on the 2nd September, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number: 4TKO/FUZ/006/02   withSerial number 1123/09 drew the lucky numbers: 3 – 8 – 20 – 22 – 34 – 40 – 38, which subsequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of which is equivalents US$ 412,394.40 (Four Hundred and Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety-Four Dollars, Forty Cent) in cash credited to file PC/90348208786/09/TCA This is from a total cash prize of £7,500,000 pounds Shared amongst the first Five (5) lucky winners in this Grand category \"B\", shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. This year Email computer balloting Program Jac
kpot is the largest ever for UK Lottery .The estimated £7,500,000 pounds Shared amongst the first Five (5) lucky winners in this Grand category \"B\" jackpot would be the sixth biggest in the European history. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two winners in this year drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions\' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.  In view of this, your US$ 412,394.40 (Four Hundred and Twelve Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety-Four Dollars, Forty Cent) would be released to you by our affiliate bank. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.  All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This Promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised  to keep your winni
ng information confidential till your claims is  Processed and you r money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to  Claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of Philanthropist, industrialists from the Internet hardware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous. Please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims. Mr. Wilcrest RichardCLAIM MANAGER EMAIL: uknationalfiduciary1@yahoo.co.ukTel: +44 70111 40684Fax: +447005961407 You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Ref No: BTL/6UK/OX0H2Q/09,Batch No: 023/11/632Draw number: 2006/1116 Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8.00am - 4.30pm on Monday through Friday. For the immediate release of your funds
you are to provide the following details to our fiduciary agent: FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................ CONTACT ADDRESS:.................................. CITY/STATE:....................................... COUNTRY:.......................................... NATIONALITY:...................................... OCCUPATION....................................... SEX:.......................AGE:................... MARITAL STATUS................................... TEL NO:........................................... NEXT OF KIN:...................................... AMOUNT WON:....................................... REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:.............. LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO.............. SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........LAST WINNERS ON XANGA UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Hqs   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 le
vel of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. CONGRATULATIONS!!! At your disposal, we remain.Very Truly Yours,Ms Rodney ConstanceZonal co-coordinatorFor: The UK National/ International Promotion\'s.N.B please confirm your winning from our central lottery linkhttp://www.thelotter.com/LotteryResults.aspx?id$  with your Draw number: 2006/1116   ***********************************************************************This communication is confidential to UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS and is intended solely for the use of the individual or organization to which it is addressed. It may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please notify the originator immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not use, copy, alter, or disclose the contents of this message ***********************************************************************

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