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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:

• 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")
  • ",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.
  • +447024020368 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704796153 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: UKLOTTERY COMMISSION <abc1000003abc@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:11:40 +0000
Subject: YOUR MAIL ID WON AMOUNT 02/07/07




UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSIONTHE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY101 Wigmore StreetLondonW1U 1QU CUSTOMER SERVICE:Ref. Number: KPC/9080118308/02/TCABatch Number: 12/25/0304Ticket Number: 564 75600545 18Serial Number: 5388/02 AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:We happily announce to you the draw (#1028) of the UK NATIONALLOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 2nd july 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:564 75600545 18 withSerial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7 (bonusno.03),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a totalsum of £2.500,000,00(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand pounds sterling) incash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a total cash prize of £95,000,000.00 (Ninty Five MillionPound)shared amongst the first Nine (9) lucky winners in this categoryi.e Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for the online version wereselected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer drawsystem and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations and corporatebodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europeanbooklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your playcoupon.In view of this,you have therefore been approved to claim atotal sum of £2,500.000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand poundssterling).This sum will be released to you by any of our paymentoffices in Europe. Our European agents will immediately commence the process to facilitatethe release of your funds as soon as you contact them.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informationconfidential until your claims is processed and your money remitted toyou in whatever manner you deem fit.This is part of our precautionarymeasure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of thisprogram.Please be warned. To file for your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent:********************************************************Name: Mr.Thompson RiceE-mail:mr_thompsonr@yahoo.co.ukTel: +44 702 402 0368Fax: +44 870 479 6153Foreign Services Manager,Trans Atlantic Company,Release order Department,United Kingdom.********************************************************For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call onany of our official numbers as stated in notification e-mail.Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully,William Hill.
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