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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • thomasanderson10@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sarah Wilson <sarahwilson_lotto@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:17:45 -0800
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE
THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PROGRAMME
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Batch No: WD18/0065/04RN
Our Ref: UKNL/255457004/06
Our Ref: UK-NL/0627/06

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION/PRESENTATION CENTER

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the "UK's National Lottery International
Promotions programme held on the 13th,of December,2006.Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 50,000 names and email addresses from Europe, America, Asia,
Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our international
promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.

We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.The result of
our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number
034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently
won the lottery grand prize awards in the 2nd category.

Therefore, you have been approved a lottory jackpot lump sum prize awards winning of $2,500,000.00
(Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref. No:
UKNL/255457004/05. This is from the total prize of $125,000,000. 00 (One Hundred and Twenty Five
Million, United States Dollars) shared among the Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category as part of our
promotional programme for this year 2006. This is your opportunity,Your prize awards has been insured in
your names and ready for claim.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your nominated bank account via
our paying bank. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by
participants of this program.Most importantly as part of our security protocol you are to quote the security
code below to the Payment Claims Agent, this is to prevent scam.We hope with a part of your prize, you
will participate in our next high stakes $2.6 billion International Lottery.

Please contact our foreign payment center claim agent with details below for due processing of your won
lotto prize.

Mr.Thomas Anderson
Global Trust Finance Ltd.
Tel:44-709-2885915
Email: thomasanderson10@katamail.com

For due processing remember, you must contact our payment agent not later than TWO WEEKS from
today. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

Mrs.Sarah Wilson
Promotions Manager
International Lottery Department

SECURITY CODE:UKNL#:683

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam