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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447024016352 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704794924 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: free award <williamswilcox08@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:23:15 -0600
Subject: freeaward!!!

















CONGRATULATIONS!!!

FREE AWARD LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.

WOOLICH
UNITED KINDGOM
LONDON


FREE AWARD DEPT.18 Broad Street, Cap Blvd.Woolich.United Kingdom.London.www.freelotto.com



RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
WINNING NOTIFICATIONThis is to notify you of the release of the lottery winning, held on the 20th of June 2007.Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 23rd of June 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 703218509 under agent ID: 10 and lucky ball number, which subsequently won you the lottery inthe 2nd category.


lucky ball number

You have therefore been qualified for a lump sum payout of £4,000,000.00(Four Million British Pounds) in cash and in your favour.



As the soul beneficiary the winning prize, your big fat win has been insured with the highest level of INSURANCE BOND called the IRREVOCABLE GURANTY BOUND. Which makes your winning prize NON-DEDUCTABLE and NON OPERATIONAL.
Due to mix up of some names and winning numbers, we advice all winners to keep this WINNING NOTIFICATION TOP SECRET from the public until your claim has been processed and your prize released to you then you can now start celebrating. This is part of our security protocol to avoid online impersonation and double claiming of prizes.

Please do NOT be surprised about how we got your email contact, because 8 internet users were selected online from over 50 million email addresses world wide, were it was scrutinized by our Microsoft powered ballot electronic system, were your email address was among the lucky 8 winners CONGRATULATIONS
ONCE MORE!
To redeem your prize instantly, you are to quickly fill this PERSONAL DATA FORM, and send it to your fiduciary agent via email who's necessary information are stated below. And you can also call his number for more enquires

Agent Name: Mr. Williams Wilcox
TEL: +44-702 4016 352
Tel: +44-703 1892 714
FAX: +44 870 479 4924
EMAIL:freeaward001@yahoo.com.ukyahoo.com.hk

NAME...................................

CONTACT ADDRESS...............................

COUNTRY OF RESISDENCE...........................

NATIONALITY...............................

OCCUPATION................................

AGE..............................................

TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBER...............................................

TICKET NUMBER..........................................

AGENT ID NUMBER...................................

LUCKY BALL NUMBERS..................................................

PREFFERED MODE OF PAYMENT.........................

SEX...................................................................

MARITAL STATUS..............................

Lastly, you are to scan or fax your valid Driver Linc or International Passport.

This to enable your fiduciary agent Mr. Williams Wilcox to rectify and verify your information from the proper authorities before he can then release your winning prize to you. Like you know £4 Million Pounds is a whole lot of money, and nobody will like to be held responsible for the misconduct of funds. So before you can proceed to the next stage of this lottery program you are to fill your information above correctly. Failure NOT to provide true and complete information will lead to your disqualification. contact your lottery

For more conviction just for you to believe that this lottery program is NOT a HOAX, this great lottery company has decided to announce all winners email addresses on B.B.C WORLD NEWS UPDATE this week, so please stayed tuned. I have also decided to send you some pictures of our 2006 jackpot winner pictures on how greatful they were and I wish you thesame for 2007.
Warning: All winners are to claim their winning prize in not later than 2 weeks (14 days) of their winning notification. And we are very much aware of the fraudulent lottery notification circulating
the internet, this is why we have made our activities online verifiable so be
careful who you contact and please report any notification that claim to
be from us to : scamnotice@freelotto.com.Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.The Free Award lottery company Major sponsor for 2007 is the United Nations (UN) in conjunction with

Who's major objective is to encourage the use of Internet round the world by showing the world the positive side of an internet user .And we are proud to say we have affected lives round the world positively.
NOTE: You can come to our U K head office to claim your prize personaly at:
FREE AWARD DEPT.18 Broad Street, Cap BvldWoolich.United Kingdom.London.


Your Sincerly,
Hon. George Peterson
Public Relations Officer
Free Award Lottery Company INC.


Copyright ?1996-2007 The Free web Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

232007 476007 255667435


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