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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")
  • ",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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024069378 (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.
  • alexhopk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Britsih International Promotion <bipcomp1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:50:22 +0100
Subject:



















BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION




23 MANCHESTER ROADHACKNEY, LONDON Ref: BTL/101OXI/02 Batch: 17/211/0374













BTL NOTIFICATION DESK


We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (13)-(43)-(06)-(15)-(02)-(40)bonus # (09).Which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
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.
This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000,00 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category 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 bianually.
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 (five hundred thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our courier department.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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. Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent on the email address below for processing of your claims:

To file for your claim and avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact our fiducial agent, Diplomat alex hopkins (Esq) Email : alexhopk@yahoo.co.uk with the following details bellow.

YOUR FULLNAMES:.. ....................................................YOUR SEX:Male...................................................................YOUR ADDRESS:.........................................
CURRENT LOCATION.........................YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:............................................YOUR FAX NUMBER:.......................................YOUR OCCUPATION:...........................................YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........................................YOUR AGE:...............................................
BANK NAME.................................................BANK ADDRESS............................................BANK BRANCH..............................................ACCOUNT NUMBER(DOLLARS)SECURITY CODE NO.......................................BANK TELEPHONE NUMBER...........................BANK FAX NUMBER........................................AMOUNT WON................................................
A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT,DRIVERS LICENCE OR ANY GOVERNMENT ID OR COMPANY ID


Diplomat alex hopkins (Esq)
Email: alexhopk@yahoo.co.uk
Tell : +447024069378

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
JEAN CARTER
Co-ordinator, Online International Promotions Unit,

LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.









DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. YOU ARE TO CONTACT OUR FIDUCIAL AGENT DIRECTLY.












Copyright © 2007 British International Promotion.
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