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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • claimagent_louis@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: shoawijinajuo@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 1980 01:44:30 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION






14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034





WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear Mr/Mrs/Sir/Madam:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1046) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 4th of January 2007 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 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 £100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds, ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £1 Million pounds shared among the first twenty (20) lucky winners in this category.


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,associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place 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 thi s, your of £100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds, ) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our UK 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 whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.
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 claims
agent:

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fudiciary
Mr Louis Pettro.
Email:claimagent_louis@yahoo.co.uk

Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing
Informations below:

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.

YOUR FULLNAME: ................................
YOUR SEX:.........................................
YOUR ADDRESS:...................................
YOUR COUNTRY:...................................
YOUR FAX:...........................................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:...........................
YOUR OCCUPATION:................................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........................
YOUR AGE:................................................
YOUR REF NUMBER:....................................
YOUR BATCH NUMBER:...............................

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Stennit Wood
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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