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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 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")
  • "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 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.
  • agentee_1o1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: glo nee <america_lotrey@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:26:06 -0600
Subject: congratulation Reference Number(LSUK/2031/8161/05)



The Irish Lottery82 G1 Lower Dorset Street, Dublin 1, Ireland.Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05Batch: R3/A312-59SUCCESS ALERT: CONGRATULATIONS!!!We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY onlineProgram held on Wednesday 12 September 2007.Your e-mail addressattached to ticket number: 564756063211 774 with Serial number 6525/06 whichemerged the Irish Jackpot winner. You have therefore been approved toclaim a total sum of .1,982,971.00 Euros (One million, Nine hundred andeighty two Thousand, nine hundred and seventy-one Euro) in cash creditedto file KTU/9023118308/06 of Irish Lottery.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from theWorld Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listedonline.This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your luckywinning number falls within our European booklet representative office inEurope as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your.1,982,971.00 Euro would be released to you by any of our payment offices inEurope(UK).To file for your claim, please fill the claims and verification formbelow and send to our fiduciary agent.Fudiciary AgentEmail:AGENTEE_1O1@YAHOO.COM
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM1
1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_________________________________________________________________________________________3.SEX:_______________4.AGE:________5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________6.OCCUPATION:________________________7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________9. DRAW NUMBER:______________10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________12.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________13. STATE:__________________________________14. COUNTRY________________________________That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevantdocuments/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds must beclaimed not later than two weeks. After this date all funds will be returnedto the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessarydelays and complications, please endeavor to quote your ReferenceNumber(LSUK/2031/8161/05) and Bach Number(R3/A312-59)in every correspondencewith your agent.Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.Yours faithfully,(Agent Lee)Online Co-ordinator for IRISH LOTTERY SWEEPSTAKE PROGRAMME.
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