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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
  • j.cook_agent02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: NATIONAL <j.cook_agent02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 01:02:39 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/06/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#511) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday
14th march, 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 06-21-21-38-39-48

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £200,706.00
(two hundred thousand seven hundred and six
Pounds Sterling Only) in cash/check credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £401,412.00 Shared amongst the
first two lucky winners in this category i.e. Prize for six balls.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from a
World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system.
Our UK 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 claim is processed and your money remitted to
you .This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
andunwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr. James Cook
Email: j.cook_agent02@yahoo.co.uk

You could also visit our website: www.virtualworlddirect.com
Yours faithfully,
R Barts
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam