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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.
  • agentterrysmith77@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Howard Cecil" <caeser202@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: howardcecilmail@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:59:21 +0000
Subject: BIL BONUS DESK 2006

                             BIL BONUS DESK 2006     
                                  DEPARTMENT

3b Olympic Way, Sextons Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD
UNITED KINGDOM.
   
Batch Number : 12/25/0340
Ref Number  : BIL/101OXI/02
                                       
                                    
                                        BIL BONUS DESK 2006
                                      
We happily announce to you, that Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:  74936600545 155 with  Serial number 63252/02 drew the lucky
numbers: (88)-(13)- (43)-((19)-(15)-(34)bonus # (07).  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  £500,000.00
(Five hundred thousand pounds ) in cash credited to file
DTU/7043618308/06. This is from a total cash prize of  £2,000,000,00  shared amongst the first four 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
165,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place within the Beginning of the year, middle
of the year and end of the year. 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  £500, 000.00 
(five hundred thousand pounds)  would be released to you by any of our
Affiliate courier department or bank.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her on the below
information. 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 either by our
affiliated Bank or courier delivery company.

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 the below fiduciary agent in
charge of your claims by proving the following information for proper
verification:

(1). YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS
(2). FULL NAMES, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER(S)
(3). YOUR NATIONALITY
(4). YOUR COUNTRY
(5) YOUR WINNING email ADDRESS.
(FIDUCIARY AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR CLAIMS)

MR. Terry SMith

e.mail : agentterrysmith77@yahoo.co.uk

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL
BONUS DEPARTMENT.
 
Yours faithfully,
Howard Cecil (Mr.)
Director.International Promotions Unit

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