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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 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.
  • ken_smith21@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "keneth smith" <ken_smith21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ken_smith21@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:00:01 +0000
Subject: `ATTENTION WINNIER

 

SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.
P O Box 4539.
24 Lyndhurst Road,
London NW3 5PQ,
United Kingdom.
Ref:UK/9420X2/68.
Batch:074/06/ZY369.
(Customer Services)

 Dear  luck winner

               ATTENTION WINNIER

  We happily announce to you the draw (#718) of the EUROPEAN AWARD
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on January 2nd
2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with  Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 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 £1,000,000
(One Million pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

  This is from a total cash prize of £5,000,000,00 shared amongst the
first four (5) 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 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place bianually.

  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 courier department.Our agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him/her. For security reasons, you are
advised to keep your winning informationconfidential 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 fiduciary agent and provide
him with the following details below:
..................................
1.  Name:
2.  Address:
3.  Marital Status:
4.  Occupation:
5.  Age:
6.  Sex:
7.  Nationality:
8.  Country Of Residence:
9.  Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone Number):
10. Draw Number above:
12. Payment Method  (Cheque / Draft):
13. Email Address:
..................................

CONTACT THE FIDUCIARY AGENT VIA:

Name:Kenneth Smith
Email: ken_smith21@yahoo.co.uk
Tele: :+447-0401-18028
Foreign Services Validating Officer,
Sweepstakes Online Lottery Department,
P O Box 4539,
24 Lyndhurst Road,
London NW3 5PQ, United Kingdom.
..................................
Congratulations from me and members of staff of SWEEPSTAKES
ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT.
Yours faithfully,
......................
Susan williams (Mrs)
Online coordinator,
For: SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT

 

 

 

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