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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:

• 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")
• 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.
  • +447045734157 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045709297 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: petersen brown <claimsoffice_lottery770@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 23:45:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: WIRE TRANSFER CONTACT PAYING BANK



UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Accounts Dept.
PO Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL
Ref No: UK/9420X2/68
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369

4th september, 2007

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (S.C.B)

CONTACT: (Customer Care Official)

EMAIL: account.dept@standardcharternonline.com
EMAIL: louis.morgan@stbchartered-helpline.com

TEL: +(44) 704 570 9297
+(44) 704 570 8740
FAX: +(44) 845 280 1041

We do believe that your winnings will be put into good use for community development. On Behalf of the Screening Committee of The Uk National Lottery Board Payment Centre, I wish to formally announce to you that you have successfully passed the Email Screening and Verification Form Matching Test conducted for all online winners of your Category at the headquarters of the National Lottery.

The details supplied above are the contact information for Standard Chartered Bank PLC. Your winning cheque/draft will be transfered by the UK National Lottery to Standard Chartered Bank PLC. Contact them to make a wired transfer as you will need no agent to make the transfer.

Your message should be sent to both email address as per instructions from the bank.

All your questions in your previous mail should be directed to the above address.
You would receive more information on your contact with the bank, I would urge you to follow up 100% on every instruction given you. Do not forget to keep me up to date with every step you take with the bank. My Telephone line is always open for swift conversation.

Best Regards,
Mr Petersen Brown (Senior Fiduciary Agent)
TEL: (+44) 704-573-4157
© 2007 UK NATIONAL LOTTERY



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