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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.
  • ukclaimagent007@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY " <WEBDNXIEV401@prodigy.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:20:46 -0800
Subject: DRAW #966 WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
20 A'BECKETS AVENUE
PALDWICK, BOGNOR REGIS, WEST SUSSEX, PO24LX
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/688
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
16-02-2007.

DRAW #966 WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the
UNITED KINGDOM
HIGHSTAKE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes
International program held on 1st FEBRUARY 2007.Your e-
mail address
attached to ticket number: 89475656545 112 with Serial
number 4366/78
drew the lucky numbers: (23)-(00)-(23)-(28)-(89)bonus
# (45).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 250,000
(Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings)in
cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash
prize of 1,000,000
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
bimonthly. Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our
British booklet representative office in London as
indicated in our
play coupon.
In view of this your250,000 (Two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds
sterlings) would be released to you by our affiliate
Forwarding
security service in London. Our 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 claims 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
security/fiduciary agent:
*******************************************************
******
Name of Agent:Hark Marks
City/Country: London, United Kingdom.
Email: ukclaimagent007@yahoo.com.hk

You are also advised to provide him with the under
listed information
as soon as possible:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax
Note that all winning must be claimed within the
specified time frame
of the lottery process time. After this period,
all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next
stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your WINNING
NUMBER in all correspondence.

Yours faithfully,
H.Marks
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UKONLINE
INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY AND THE SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY UK.we
remain At your disposal, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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