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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 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.
  • +447011150076 (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.
  • bilfiduciaryagent06@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kamreg7@mchsi.com (results@bildesk.co.uk)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:38:11 +0000
Subject: BIL END OF YEAR RESULTS

BIL BONUS DESK 2006
DEPARTMENT





3b Olympic Way, Sextons Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool, L30 1RD
UNITED KINGDOM.

Batch Number : 12/25/0340
Ref Number : BIL/101OXI/02



We happily announce to you, that Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
74936600545 155 with Serial number 63252/02 drew the lucky numbers:(12)-(05)-
(17)-((19)-(15)-(34)bonus # (07). 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 £500,000.00 (Fivehundred thousand pounds ) in cash credited to
file DTU/7043618308/06.

This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000,00 shared amongst the first four
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 165,000 unions, associations, and
corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place within the
Beginning of the year, middle of the year and end of the year. 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 £500,
000.00 (five hundred thousand
pounds) would be released to you by any of our Affiliate bank.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds as soon as you contact him/her on the below information. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you by our affiliated
Bank. 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 the below fiduciary agent in charge of
your claims by proving the following information for proper verification:

(1). YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBERS (2). FULL NAMES, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER(S)
(3). YOUR NATIONALITY (4). YOUR COUNTRY (5) YOUR WINNING email ADDRESS,SEX and
AGE.

(FIDUCIARY AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR CLAIMS)
MR. James Colbert
e.mail : bilfiduciaryagent06@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44 70-111-50076

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL BONUS
DEPARTMENT.
Yours faithfully,
Sandra M Gibson (Mrs)
Director.International Promotions Unit


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