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

Fraud email example:

From: "joshua carrick" <uknldv12007@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:13:53 +0000
Subject: LUCKY DAY

The National Lottery
Tolpits Lane
Watford WD18 9RN United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/07
Batch: R3/A312-59

ANNOUNCEMENT:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1158) of the UK NATIONAL ONLINE RAFFLE
DRAW VERSION held on Saturday 27th January, 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/07 drew the lucky numbers: 04, 15, 21, 23, 24, 38, 36 which
subsequently won you one of the four jackpot prizes. You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £1,173,269 (One Million,One Hundred And
Seventy-Three Thousand Two Hundred And Sixty-Nine pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a 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
this, your £1,173,269 would be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.

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

Mr. Joshua Carrick
Email: jcarrickem@yahoo.co.uk

Provide him with the information below:
1. Name:
2. Address:
3. Marital Status:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:
7. Nationality:
8. Country of Residence:
9. Telephone Number:
10. Mobile/Cell Phone Number:
11. Fax Number:
12. Best time to call you in the morning:
13. Best time to call you in the night:
14. Email Address:
15. Draw Number above: 1158

That way your Winnings and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be
prepared for you. You would be required to show an instrument of
identification when claiming your winnings.

For precautionary measures, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our Policy
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any breach
will lead to disqualification. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL ONLINE RAFFLE
DRAWS.

Yours faithfully,

Sir Richard Owen.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program
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