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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:

• 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:
  • "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • +447014218699 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Stella sing <stellasigcau166@k.ro>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:59:35 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!






The Marina Offices,

St Peters Yacht Basin,

Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE6 1HX England

(Customer Services)


The draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. online Sweepstakes International
Program held on 18th June 2007, won you the Lottery in the JACKPOT Bonus.
The amount you luckily won is yet to be claimed and you are getting the
FINAL notification as regards this Email.


NOTE: We had to wait for all Winners who purchased the Lottery Ticket(s)
to claim their prizes before notifying you who won *Online* even without
your knowledge. This is the reason we have not notified you of your
winnings before now.


Your e-mail address was attached to the following winning numbers: 4, 10,
23, 36, 37,49, By our computer draw system, which subsequently won you the
lottery in the Email Lottery (e-Lottery).

Because your email was attached to our winning numbers, you are QUALIFIED
as one of the draw winners. You have therefore been approved to claim: a
total sum of 1,550,000.00 (ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
POUNDS STERLING) in CASH credited to file number ; KTU/9023118308/03. and
Draw Number: 1080.01.

The total cash prize was shared amongst (5) lucky winners in this category
i.e Email Lottery (e-Lottery)

All participants for the Email Lottery (e-Lottery) were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites (w.w.w.) through our Email Lottery
Draw System (E.L.D.S) and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.


This Lottery programme is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the
Olympic Games in 2012 (The 1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle).
Other sums to be raised from the National Lottery would be from Ticket
sales, Marketing, Sponsorship and the sale of Television rights.


Note: You did not purchase any Ticket(s) for this winning, your email was
selected by our E.L.D.S.(e-Lottery) randomly.


Your 1,550,000.00 will be released to you by Fuciary agent(The west Africa
Agency)Mr Nicholas Poley

Our Africa agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you
in your country.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.


To file for your claim, kindly contact our fiduciary agent with the
information below:

Yours faithfully,
DrNicholas Poley
Claims Agent (UK National Lotteries)
Foreign Remitance Department
West Africa Monetary Agency
Direct Cell Line +233-244-831376
Roaming lines +447014218699,7031964425,08445863764

YOUR FULL NAMES:
YOUR WINNING NUMBERS:
YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE, CELIL PHONE /FAX NUMBERS:
YOUR AGE:
SEX......
YOUR COUNTRY:
LANGUAGE:
YOUR OCCUPATION:

Please endeavor to contact Mr. Nicholas Poley with the required
information as soon as possible.You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings :- http://www.national [http://www.national] lottery.co.uk/player/information.do?info=unclaimedprizes
ONCE YOU VISIT THE ABOVE SITE, CHECK FOR YOUR WINNING DATE AND NUMBER.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Dr Stella Sigcau(Mrs)
Online coordinator
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Do not reply this E-mail, contact our fiduciary agent with the above
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