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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 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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • casinoclaimsunit@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UKNAT_DESK3@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:26:11 +0000
Subject: Lucky Winner!!! (Contact Claims Agent)

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369


CHRISTMAS WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1114) of the CASINO UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY ,online Sweepstakes International program end of year
christmas lottery held.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10 17 24 31 42 49 5 Bonus
Ball
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch5
plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
500,000.00(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterlings)in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of ?2,000,000.00 shared amongst the
first five(5)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
over100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

This promotion takes every christmas celebration period . Please note
that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In viewof this, your
?500,000.00
(Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterlings) 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
your claim is rocessed 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. To file for your
claim, please contact our claims office:

Claims Unit Office

Email: casinoclaimsunit@yahoo.co.uk
Email: casinoclaimsunit@yahoo.co.uk

Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of funds as soon as you contact him. ou may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above acting
informations below:

CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM (FILL AND SEND TO CLAIMS AGENT).

FULL NAME:...........AGE: ................SEX: ................ADDRESS:
............COUNTRY: ............
STATE: ..............FAX: ................PHONE NUMBER: .......MARITAL
STATUS: .....OCCUPATION: .........COMPANY'S NAME: ......REF NUMBER:
..........BATCH NUMBER: ........

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with claims.

Once Again Congratulations from me and entire staff of CASINO UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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