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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:

• 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.
  • +447011140820 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Demo Demo" <demo@emcmedia.ca>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 23:39:52 -0500
Subject: BE INFORM UNCLAIMED PRIZE !BE INFORM UNCLAIMED PRIZE !

Dear Winner,
The draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes Internationalprogram held on the 29th Apr 2006, won you the lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus.
The amount you won is yet to be claimed and you are getting the FINAL notification as regards this.

Your e-mail address was selected randomly by our online computer draw system, and your email was attached to the winning numbers: 4, 10, 23, 36,37,49.,

And you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of: . £1,666,667 by our computer draw system, which subsequently won you the lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus Category. £1,666,667 (ONE MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN Pounds Sterlings)in cash credited to file number ; KTU/9023118308/03.and Draw Number: 1080.01.

The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners, in this category i.e JACKPOT bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. To view a page of our past winners click here <http://www.nationallottery.co.uk/player/p/winners/winnersGallery.do>

The Lotto Company would be rewarded by the British Gorvernment, and other sum of funds is also raised from ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship, online players and the sale of television rights.

( For the Lotto Company)

Note that your

£1,666,667, will 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 till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in your country.
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:

NAME: PEDRO SANTARINO

OFFICIAL Email: agent@uklotoclaims.vossnet.co.uk

SELL PHONE : +447011140820

Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email address, telephone and fax numbers immediately. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings :- <http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=unclaimedprizes>

Yours faithfully,
Darryn Clarke(Mrs)
Online coordinator
for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program © Copyright 2006

Congratulations from me and members of staff of
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY®.

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