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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:

• 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:
  • "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 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.
  • irish_deliverydept009@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: IRISH NATIONAL LOTTERY <info@irishnotification.com>
Reply-To: irish_deliverydept009@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 12 Jul 2007 17:54:49 +0400
Subject: YOUR MAIL HAS WON ( 1,801,613.00 Euro)

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




The Irish Lottery

11 G Lower Dorset street,

Dublin Ireland.





CONGRATULATIONS!!!



We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY

ROGRAMME held on for Wednesday 11 July 2007 .With

winning numbers 9, 10, 22, 27, 32, 34, Bonus 11.Your e-mail address

attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial

number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 22 which subsequently won the

LOTTO prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a

total sum of 1,801,613.00 Euro(1 Million,Eight Hundred and One

Thousand,Six Hundred and Thirteen Euro) in cash credited to

file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery. All participants for the

online version were selected randomly from the World Wide

Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000

unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed



online.Promotion takes place weekly.



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 winnings of 1,801,613.00

would be released to you by any of our payment offices in

Europe(UK).



To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and Provide

him with the information below:



1.Full Name:............................

2.Address:..........................

3.Marital Status:.....................

4.Occupation:........................

5.Age:............

6.Sex:.............

7.Nationality:........................

8.Country Of Residence:.........................

9.Telephone Number:..............................

10.Fax Number:....................................

11.Draw Number above:.........................

12.Alternative email address if any.................



Mr Abhlach Murray.

Fiduciary Agent.

Email:irish_deliverydept009@yahoo.co.uk



That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant

documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all

prize funds must be claimed not later than two weeks. After this date

all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as

unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,

please endeavor to quote your Reference Number

(LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Batch number(R3/A312-59)in every correspondence

with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your

claims agent as soon as possible.For security

reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential

till your claims 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.



Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.



Yours faithfully,

Mrs Collette James,

Online coordinator.

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