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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:
  • "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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • claimsviadesmond_hills1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: infolotterywinners@mchsi.com (right©1994-2007 UK National Lottery Inc.)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:15:54 +0000
Subject: Your Email Address Won........Congratulations!!!

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD.
W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM.
REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
OUR REF: 27349/46
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (NO:1152) of the Uk National
Lottery,On-line
Sweepstakes International program held on September, 14th 2007. Your
e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 023-1111-790-458
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the luckynumbers :15 25 29 35 39 40
22 (bonus no.44), which subsequently won you the
Bonus Ball
lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of £215,502 (Two Hundred And Fifteen
Thousand,Five Hundred
And Two Pounds Sterling)in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £2,073,756 amongst
the (8) 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 £215,502 (Two Hundred And Fifteen
Thousand,Five Hundred
And Two 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.
To file for your claim, please Contact our Fiduciary agent by filling the
Verification Form and send it via email to the email address below the
Form,
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9.AMOUNT WON:
10.STATE:
11.COUNTRY
Desmond Hills (Esq).
Email:claimsviadesmond_hills1@yahoo.co.uk

Goodluck from staff of the Uk National Lottery Sweepstakes International
Program.
Custormer Care Centre(Phone :+44- 704-574-6709,+44- 704-571-9984)


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