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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:

• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +44
• 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.
  • agentfkoli2007@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "duty veto" <duty_veto63@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:59:19 +0400
Subject: BID SOUTH AFRICA / U.K / EUROPEAN / 2010 LOTTERY AWARD (CONGRATULATIONS!!!)

  THE BRITISH ONLINE LOTTERY GAME 2006/7 

  

                                                          

 

BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS,

CUSTOMERS SERVICES, 
33 YATCH BASIN MARINA OFFICE,

UPON TYNE NEW CASTLE LONDON.
Batch: 14/211/0374: Ref: BTL/311OXI/02.

                                          

                                        WINNING NOTIFICATION:

 

We happily announce to you the draw of the British lottery program held in London, Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694/7560/0545/721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky numbers: 016/213/3517, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category, you are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000.000:00 M (One Million Great British Pounds Only) in cash credited to file RPC/9080/1153/2244 This is from a total cash prize of 

£125.000.000:00 Million GBP.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery; the estimated £125 Million GBP. jackpots would be the sixth biggest in U.K. history, The biggest was the 363 million pounds starlings’ jackpot that went to two winners in December 2005 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our (U.K) London booklet representative office in New Castle London (U.K) as indicated in our play coupon, In view of this your £1,000.000.00(One Million Pounds Only) winning prize & award would be released to you by our affiliate payment center & bank in (U.K) London.

 

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you contact him; all participants were selected randomly from Worldwide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000,000 companies / individual e-mail addresses world wide. This promotion programme takes place annually to promote a Bid for South Africa 2010 World Cup.

 

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

 

AGENT: MR. FRED KOLI

Email: agentfkoli2007@yahoo.co.uk

Direct Line: +44.703.195.7433:                               

 

Call him on phone immediately you receive this mail so that he secure your file and give you the procedure on how the fund will be remitted to your account, to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent or us, Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being one of our promotional lottery programme award lucky winner.

 

Your's truly,

 

Michael  Smith

On-line Co-Ordinator.

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.jsp

 

Warning!  Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be British National  Lottery addresses, but are not from The British Lottery, PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO! 

 

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