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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:
  • "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.
  • internationalservice02@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: onlinelotteryfudiciaryagent02@yahoo.de
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:13:03 -0800
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

The National Lottery,
P O Box 1010,
L70 1NL Liverpool,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Batch: 074/05/SY102
Ref: UK/9420X2/510

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
weepstakes International program held on the 3rd January. 2007. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers:4-6-30-36-43-44 (bonus no. 20), 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 £750,000 (Seven hundred
and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This
is from a total cash prize of £3,000,000 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
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place periodically. 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 £750,000 (Seven
hundred and fifty thousand 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
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.
The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Awards is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft
Corporation,the Intel Group,Toshiba,Dell computers,Mckintosh and a conglomeration
of other international IT companies.The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY internet draw
is held once in a year and is so organized to encourage the use of the
internet and computers worldwide.We are proud to say that over 400 Million
Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to contact the
claims agent with the form below,You are required to fill this form to facilitate
the processing of your
claims which will lead to the payment of your prize to you as required.

PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:
10.AMOUNT WON:
12. COUNTRY:

FUDICIARY AGENT:Mr. Collins John
Email: internationalservice02@yahoo.co.uk
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Saint Courage.
Online coordinator
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 7am-7pm.

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