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

Fraud email example:

From: MRS GRACE STEPHANIE <THEUKLONDON_LOTTERY@YAHOO.CO.UK>
Reply-To: AGENTMARKBROWN_CLAIMSDEPARTMENT@YAHOO.CO.UK
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 04:22:59 +0100
Subject: MRS GRACE STEPHANIE








The National Lottery
(Customer Services)
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
ANNOUNCEMENT

We happily announce to you the draw (#1005)of the UK NATIONAL ONLINE Online Sweepstakes International program held on monday easter 17th april 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 08,15,30,31,34,43,40 which subsequently won two(2) of you the Rollover prizes of ú945,852
Therefore you have been approved to claim a total sum of 472,926 (Four Hundred and seventy-Two Thousand,Nine Hundred and Tenty-Six Pounds Sterlings)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

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 be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our claims processing officer
MARK BROWN.
Email:AGENTMARKBROWN_CLAIMSDEPARTMENT@YAHOO.CO.UK
TEL-44-781-8677-491
Congratulations from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Grace Stephanie
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
Open 7 days 8am-8pm

Yours in service,

Mrs. Pamela Anderson.
Executive Co-ordinator(Uk Lottery Int).
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE, MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS WRITTEN ABOVE.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

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