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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")
• 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.
  • +447011135566 (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.
  • claimsagentcole_7@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: claimsagentcole_7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 14:42:39 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION[CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON]

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
6th JANUARY 2006.


WINNING NOTIFICATION:draw (#1007)
We happily announce to you the draw (#1007) of the
program held on 5th of JANUARY2006.Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:56475600545188with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 03 10
13 22 31 3315(bonusno.),which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd categoryi.e match 5 plus
bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of  £1,000,000 (one million pounds sterling) in cashcredited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.


This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000
shared amongst the first four (4) 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
100,000unions,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
this, your  £1,000,000(one million pounds sterling) would be released
to you
by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European
agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as
youcontact 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 ourprecautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be
warned.


To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent:

Mr.Cole Henry
Email:claimsagentcole_7@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447011135566

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


FULL NAMES:____________

NATIONALITY:_________________________________________
AGE________________________________________
SEX:________________________
MARITAL STATUS:____________
CONTACT ADDRESS:_
___________________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER:__________________
OCCUPATION:_______________________________
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
WINNING NUMBERS_
______________________________________
TOTAL AMOUNT
WON:________________________________________

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