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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • fiduciary_claimsagent@mail.md (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ukinternational lottery" <harrison_blair1000@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:09:31 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS..................................YOU HAVE WON 956,420POUNDS!!!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
(24hours)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY36
Dear Winner,                       
                                  WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#1019) of  the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 28th April,2007, Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers :21-32-41-42-43-46, and a bonus  number of (17) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd  category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £956,420  (Nine hundred and fifty-six thousand,four hundred and twenty pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash
prize of  £3,825.680  shared amongst the  (4) lucky winners  in this category that is  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.Please note that your lucky number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your playcoupon. In view of this, your£956,420  (Nine hundred and fifty-six thousand,four hundred and twenty pounds) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
         
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your 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.
fiduciary Agent: MR: MICHAEL MARTINS
Email address: fiduciary_claimsagent@mail.md
                                  (Form HLP)
                    REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68
FULL NAME...............................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:.................................
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................FAX................. (If any)
COUNTRY................................
E-MAIL..................................
WINNING NUMBER......................
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you
for being part of our online promotional lottery program.     
Yours Truly,
Harrison Blair                            
Co-ordinator (Online Promo

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