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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.

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

Fraud email example:

From: "heriornetlottey@terra.es" <heriornetlottey@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:14:22 +0100 (MET)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?(WINNING_NOTIFICATION_)_CONGRATULATIO?=
=?UTF-8?Q?N!!!_(YOU_HAVEWON_OUR_=C2=A3550,000.00_GPB)?=



FROM:NETLOTTERY CORPORATION
REF NUMBER: EAASL/9410Y1/02
BATCH NUMBER: 561701-PCD03
1 QUEENS PARK ROAD
K2M 4RT
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the result oftheNetLottery Corporation
programs held on the 19th of November,2006. Your e-mail addressattached
to ticket number 5388/02 with serial number 5388/02 drew lucky numbers
37-13-34-85-56-42 which consequently won in the3rdcategory. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £550,000.00(Five
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling only) or $1,016,532.59 USD (One
million, one hundred andsixteen thousand five hundred and thirty two
dollars fifty nine cents only)in cash/check credited to file number
NTL/34123/003.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system
drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email
addresses andnames from all over the world,the program takes placeevery
year.This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities such
as Her Highness,the Queen of England. Pleasenote 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 £550,000.00 (Five hundred and
fiftythousand pounds sterling only) would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe.
Our Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitatethe release of your funds as soon as you contact him.Forsecurity reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted toyou
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuseof
this program. Please be warned. To file for yourclaim, please kindly
provide the followinginformationsand send it to our Fiduciary Agent who
shall clear youas a
CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.
YOUR FULLNAME: ................................
YOUR SEX:.........................................
YOUR ADDRESS:...................................
YOUR COUNTRY:...................................
YOUR STATE:......................................
YOUR FAX:...........................................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:...........................
YOUR OCCUPATION:................................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........................
YOUR AGE:................................................
YOUR REF NUMBER:....................................
YOUR BATCH NUMBER:...............................
MR.Herior Caeser
Email: fiduciaryagentuknet@yahoo.co.uk
Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,he shall send to you the
contact information of the paying Office so you can proceed with
effectingthe release of yourfunds.Goodluck from me and members ofstaff of Net
Lottery International.
Yours faithfully,
CHRIS Wruce
ONLINE SUPERVISOR
NET LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL







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