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

Fraud email example:

From: "llyod albert" <llyod_albert@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:23:12 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF LOTTERY RESULT.

The National Lottery
14-november-2006
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#988) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on
14-november-2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01-02-18-25-34-45(bonus no.31),
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
£209,887
(Two Hundred and Nine housand,Eight hundred and Eighty Seven pounds
sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a
total
cash prize of £1,679,096 shared amongst the (8) 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
100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.
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 £209,887 (Two Hundred and Nine housand,Eight hundred and
Eighty
Seven pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.
Our European 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 until
your
claims 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 contact our fiduciary agent: Mr. Donald
Brown
Email: lotteryclaimsverification@yahoo.com
Provide him with the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital Status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone
9. Fax number(if any)

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