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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • agentukinterlottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Uk Lottery" <ukinterlott.025@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:59:00 +0100
Subject: !!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!

FROM THE LOTTERY PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
PO BOX 287, WATFORD WD18 9TT,
UNITED KINGDOM.

INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PRIZE RELEASE CENTRE WINNING ANNOUNCED TODAY
23/11/2006 Ref: 475061725, Batch: 7056490902/188 WINNING NUMBER: (2) (3)
(17) (22) (40) (42) (12).


!!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release from the United Kingdom
International
Lottery program. Your name was attached to Ticket number; 475061725, Batch
number; 7056490902, Winning number (2) (3) (17) (22) (40) (42) (12). Bonus
number 18, which consequently won the lottery in the first category. You
hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of (250,000,00) (TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02
from the total cash prize of (POUND STERLING 33.6 million) shared amongst
eighty lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
form Nine hundred
thousand names from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle
East, Africa and
Oceanic as part of our international promotions program. This Lottery was
promoted and sponsored
by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social
responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more
your name falls within
our representative office in UNITED KINGDOM. as indicated in your play
coupon
and your prize of (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) will be
released to you from our paying banks. We hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our Middle of the year high stakes for POUNDS STERLIN
1.3 Billion international draw.

How to claim your prize Simply contact our fiduciary agents, Dr. ANNI MORGAN
or Mrs. NANCY VAN,
EMAIL ADDRESS(agentukinterlottery@yahoo.co.uk) to file for your claim.
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be found on
the top of this notification as well as the below listed informations:

FULL NAMES:

CONTACT ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE/FAX:

WINNING NUMBER:

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public
until your claim is processed and your prize released to you. This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel. Note,
all winnings MUST be claimed before the 30th of NOVEMBER 2006 otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity
organizations.


CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENTS

Dr. ANNI MORGAN Mrs. NANCY VAN
EMAIL CONTACT: agentukinterlottery@yahoo.co.uk
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
PO BOX 287, WATFORD WD18 9TT,
UNITED KINGDOM.

YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING AGENTS IMMEDIATELY. ANY BREACH OF
CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
FORWARD YOUR WINNING NUMBERS, YOUR FULL NAME, YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS AND
YOUR FULL ADDRESS.

KIND REGARDS,

J. HANSON

PROMOTIONS MANAGER.

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