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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")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447045705910 (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.
  • claimsagentbrantwalters@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uk2007nationallottery@mchsi.com (UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:25:12 +0000
Subject: Read Carefully Please Your Email Adress won you A Prize

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:12/25/0034


Dear Lucky Winner,

BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1027) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 11th August 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10-14-26-28-33-38 (bonus no.23), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (five
hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £6,000000, shared amongst the (12) lucky
winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus. 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 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 £500,000 (five hundred thousand pounds sterling) would be released
to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

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.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him
with the information below:

VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE FORM
NAME........
COMPANY NAME (IF APPLICABLE)........
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS........
AGE........
SEX........
MARITAL STATUS........
STATE/COUNTRY........
TEL/FAX........
NUMBERS........
E-MAIL ADDRESS........
COMPANY NAME........
OCCUPATION........
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:........
AMOUNT WON........
BATCH NUMBER........ B. REF NUMBER........
PRIZE WINNING DETAILS (TICKET NO.)........Serial NO........


To begin the claiming processing of your prize winnings you are advised to
contact our only licensed and accredited fudiciary claims/agent with the
information below:-
Mr. Brant Walters JNR.
Tel/Fax: +447045705910
Email: claimsagentbrantwalters@yahoo.com.hk

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard k.Llioyd
Online coordinator for THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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