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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")
  • "part of our security protocols" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • claimagent66@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Moore" <freeloto407@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimagent66@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:36:16 +0100
Subject: CUSTOMER SERVICE


Dear winner,

UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY


We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held on 3rd March,2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26(bonus
no.),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 & Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000 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 weekly until the end of the year. (31/12/2007)
In view of this, your £750,000 would be released to you by
any of our payment offices in UK.
Our Uk agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons we ask that you keep your winning information
confidential untill your claim has been processed and your money Remitted to
you in any manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our
security protocols to avoid double claiming,unwarranted abuse and the
internet fraudstars and scammers of this program by some participants.

To claim your prize, please write to the fiduciary Agent Mr.Adam Smith. He
will tell you how to go about it.

FIDUCIARY AGENT
UK CLAIM UNIT
MR.ADAM SMITH
EMAIL: claimagent66@yahoo.co.uk
YOUR DETAILS
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. John Moore
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize

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