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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")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447024022345 (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.
  • claimsagent_aston01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMO" <george_harris_10@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:19:52 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1290
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/70
Batch: 074/05/ZY345

 

Dear Winner,

 

We happily announce to you the draw (#1075) of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on (Wednesday 20th Desember 2006). Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

             Bonus    

 

which subsequently won you the lottery in  the 1st category i.e match 6 . You have therefore been approved  to claim a total sum of £1,198,916, ( 0ne million,One hundred and ninty eight thousand,Nine hundred and sixteen pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file XYL /26510460037/05.

 

This is from a total cash prize of £1,198,916,(0ne million,One hundred and ninty eight thousand,Nine hundred and sixteen pounds sterlings) shared amongs (4) lucky winners in this category i.e match 6 . All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associatons and co-oporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place Twice weekly. 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 £1,198,916, ( One million,One hundred and ninty eight thousand,Nine hundred and sixteen pounds sterlings) would be released to you by our payment office in UK.

Our Fudiciary 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 claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program, Please be warned.

Attached here is the claim verification and funds release form. You are expected to fill and submit to the Fiduciary agent.   

 

                

      VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM     

1.FULL NAMES:                                                                         

2.ADDRESS:                                                                                                   

3.SEX:                                          

4.AGE:                             

5.MARITAL STATUS:                                              

6.OCCUPATION:                                                                   

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:                                                                                 

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:                                                                        

9.REF  NUMBERS                         BATCH  NUMBER:                               

10.TICKET NUMBER:                                                                            

11.SERIAL NUMBER:                                                            

12.AMOUNT WON:                                                                                                         

13. STATE:                                                                         
14. COUNTRY:                                                             

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email address.

 

Contact Person:  MR. MAC ASTON

Email:claimsagent_aston01@yahoo.co.uk

Phone:+447024022345   

 

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using The British National Lottery addresses, but are not from The british National Lottery,So beware!!!. Once again congratulations...

 

SIR GEORGE HARRIS
Online Co-ordinator

BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY                         

Sweepstakes International

  

                                                  

77635 476378 255667460

Copyright © 1994-2006. The British National Lottery Inc.

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