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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")
  • "claim 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.
  • +447031896827 (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.
  • agentblake@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sharon Bellman" <uksweepstake007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: agentblake@excite.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:06:38 +0000
Subject: ***Your Email Address Have Won***

UK-STAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
184 WESTING FIELD DRIVE, S.W 4TH,
P.O.BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Ref: UK/OBS/9510R9/06
Batch: 4/11/OBS/06

We announce to you the draw (#1089) of the UK Stake draw/Promotions held on
the 16th of November 2006 in Liverpool UK, THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMMES,your email address was attached to ticket number 36475600545-163
UK, with serial number 9428/05 drew The lucky numbers 18-06-20-14-64-11-06,
and consequently Won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of Ã.£1,000,000:00
(GBP) in cash credited to file REF NO. Ref:UK/OBS/9510R9/06.

This is from total prize money of Ã.£8,000,000.00 GBP) shared among the
Eight International winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through
computer draw system and extracted from over!100,000 companies as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe. In view of this, your Ã.£1,000,000.00
(GBP) will be released to you by our preferred payment center in London.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your winnings as soon as you contact the payment centre.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your winnings 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 people.

Please be warned, as this is part of the lottery program to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this prog! ram.

Your prize is deposited safely with a security banking fi rm here in United
Kingdom.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary claim Agent;

John Blake
Email: agentblake@excite.com
Tel: + 44 703 189 6827
LOTTERY FIDUCIARY AGENT

For due processing and remittance of your prize, please remember to quote
your Reference, draw and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your claim agent.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than the 1st of
December, 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations.

Sincerely,

Sharon Bellman
Zonal Coordinator

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