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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 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")
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447045721933 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447075209561 (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.
  • agentmorgan@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fiduciaryagent_mark@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Uk National Lottery <rllyods2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:54:02 +0000
Subject: NATIONAL LOTTERY VALIDATION




THE UK LOTTERYUK-LOTTO Headquarters:The Marina Offices,St Peters Yacht Basin,Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HXEngland.

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

WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the Draw (#1204 ) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 07 July 07 in NEWCASTLE,UNITED-KINGDOM.Your e-mail address attached to ticketnumber: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: , . .. . . Bonus Ball ,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 6.

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 £ 850,000 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand pounds ) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
To file for your claim of £850,000.00 pounds sterlings Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for VALIDATION . .....THANKS!!!
OVERSEA CLAIMS OFFICEfiduciary agent:Dr ASHLEY MULLINSEmail:claimsprocessing_dept@uk-nationalpromo.orgTEL:+44-704-572-1933FAX: +44-707-520-9561
WARNING: You might receive similar emails from people who will be asking for your personal informations, if they are not from us please disregard it as they will be using that means to get your information which they would want to use to impersonate you and claim your winnings,there E-mail address appears as Agentmorgan@yahoo.co.uk, fiduciaryagent_mark@yahoo.co.uk we have been witnessing similar cases, be warned!!!
Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.Yours faithfully,RICHARD LLOYDS


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