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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")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447031911386 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • agentpelkins@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINE LOTTERY <freeslot1000@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: agentpelkins@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 02:21:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTN. YOU JUST WON


THE FREE UK ONLINE/INTERNET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL, UNITED KINGDOM.
Ref: UK/9420X2/136-A
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING.
We happily announce to you the draw (#574) of the THUNDERBALL WINNING under the Free-Will 2007 Internet Lottery Draws/UK INTERNATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY, online thunderball International program held on 9th of May, 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers 2, 7, 11, 21 29, 09 which subsequently won you the lottery of the Jackpot Prize.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 5000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place Tri-Anually(3 Times a Year).
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 £500,000.00 would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
To file for your claim. please contact Your fiduciary agent.
Name: WALKER PELKINS (Claims /Legal Dpt)
Email: agentpelkins@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number :+447031911386
While making further contact with your claims agent (WALKER PELKINS ), you are adviced to also furnish him with your personal details, such as your:

. Full Name(s).
Age
. Sex
. Nationality
. Occupation/Profession
. Phone and Fax number
. Location
NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BUT CONTACT THE MENTIONED CLAIMS AGENT.

Good luck & congratulation,
The Online/Internet Lottery Promo 2007.

APPROVED.

(Public Relations/Client Services)

THE FREE UK ONLINE/INTERNET INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

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