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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • fidelis_owen01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "london organisation" <london_organisation00011@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 09:12:35 +0200
Subject: THE BRITISH ONLINE AWARD NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)                  

 

Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Ref: UK/9420X2/68  

                                                                

              CONGRATULATIONS; YOU HAVE WON

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 2nd of April year 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus no.25), 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 £900,000,00 (Nine Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling Only) 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 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 900,000,00 (Nine Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling Only) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa.

Our Africa agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our claim agent. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim your fund, 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. 

To file for your claim, Please contact your claim agent immediately.

Mr. Fidelis Owen

TEL;+27  73 171 3582

Email; fidelis_owen01@yahoo.com

 

 

ONCE AGAIN THE WHOLE OF THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY STAFFS ARE CONGRATULATING YOU,  SO PLEASE GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH  THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR CLAIMS. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR CLAIMS WAS PICKED BY RANDOM SEARCH OF EMAILS AND YOU WERE FIXED AT THE DRAW WHICH YOU CAME OUT SUCESSFULLY THAT IS WHY YOU WERE NOTED SO PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION BELOW SO THAT WE  PROCEED WITH YOUR CLAIMS.

1.FULL NAMES:________________________ __________

2.ADDRESS:____________________ _________________________

______________________________ ______________

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:_________________ _______

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:______________________ _______

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________ B. REF NUMBER:______________

10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

11.AMOUNT WON:__________________________ _________

______________________________ _____________


12. COUNTRY_______________________ _________

Please endevour to call your claim agent as soon as you recieve this mail for more information and verification to avoid double claim.

 

Yours faithfully lotto manager,
Mr. MARK BENSON

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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