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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447011121015 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031973119 (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.
  • fiduciaryluis@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: LUIS ANDERSON <claimsofficer022@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:38:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: CONGRATULATION YOU EMAGE AWINNER





Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369




FROM THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
AWARD DEPARTMENT.
P O Box 1010,
L70 1NL Liverpool, UNITED KINGDOM


WINNING NOTIFICATION


Attn:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Bono Lottery International Program held on WEDNESDAY, 6TH DECEMBER,2006. Your name "email address" was attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 serial number: 5368/02 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 03,08,20,22,34,40 Bonus Number 38
--DRAW 1108, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.

You hereby have been approved lump sum pay of £ 2,462,462(TWO MILLION,FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND,FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO POUNDS) file Ref: UK/9420X2/68 from the total cash prize of £4,924,924,00 shared amongst TWO LUCKY WINNERS based on their category.

All participants "email address" were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand names from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by some multinational companies as including Bill Gate, and some other EU governmental personalities part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

To process your claims you are hereby advice to contact YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER with this information:

VERIFICATION FORM


NAME:..................................
ADDRESS:...............................
BATCH/WINNING NUMNBER:............................................
REF NUMBER:.............................
OCCUPATION:.........................................
AGE;.....................................
SEX...............................
TEL:...........................................
FAX..........................................................
COUNTRY.................................


ENDEAVOUR TO MAIL OR FAX HIM YOUR DETAILS AS OUTLINED BELOW FOR FURTHER REFERENCES.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS.


MR LUIS ANDERSON.
(CLAIMS OFFICER)
Email: fiduciaryluis@yahoo.co.uk




Tel: +44 701 112 1015
+44 701 112 9260
+ 44 703 197 3119

Fax: +447 005 800 664



ENDEAVOUR TO CALL YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT AS REGARDS YOUR CLAIMS.

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 dual claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!




Yours faithfully,
MRS VIVIAN KELLY
ON-LINE CO-ORDINATOR
EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS.

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