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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.
  • +447011134332 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • agentroberts05@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uk national lottery" <cookerjohnson06@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: agentroberts05@aim.com
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:03:46 +0000
Subject: CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR CLAIMS.

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/06
Batch: R3/A312-59


September 20th, 2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (2006/1121) of the UK-LOTTO Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on the September 20th, 2006 in LEEDS
UNITED-KINGDOM. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545
188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the winning numbers:

3 21 29 35 38 45 46

, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,411,571.00{One
Million Four Hundred and Eleven Thousand Five Hundred and Seventy One Great
Britain pounds sterlings} in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. 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 weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office, as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your £1,411,571.00{One Million Four Hundred and Eleven Thousand Five Hundred
and Seventy One Great Britain pounds sterlings} would be released to you by
our payment office.

Our fiduciary 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 you 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 by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: MR.ROBERT SMITH

Email: agentroberts05@aim.com

Phone: +44 701 113 4332, +44 701 113 4334

to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers and winning numbers in any correspondences with us
or ourdesignated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs
of this program.

Yours Faithfully, SIR.COOKER JOHNSON
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,is/are
confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or
entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,copying
or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under
applicable law(s). If you received this email in error,please notify the
sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is
also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client).
Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not
relate to official business of NATIONAL LOTTERY and insurance shall be
understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and
insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any
information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions
of the governing client's contract(s).

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