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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")
• 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.
  • +447045703800 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704715141 (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.
  • kelvinanderson_fiduciary@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: irishlottoinfo3@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:36:11 +0000
Subject: 2007 LUCKY WINNER

The Irish Lottery
11 G Lower Dorset street,
Dublin Ireland.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY PROGRAMME held on Saturday 22 Sept 2007 with winning numbers 13, 16, 20, 34, 40, 43, Bonus 14 .Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky number: 09 which subsequently won the LOTTO prize. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,801,613.00 Euro(1 Million,Eight Hundred and One Thousand,Six Hundred and Thirteen Euros) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.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 winnings of 1,801,613.00 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe(UK). To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and Provide him with the information below:

1.Full Name:............................
2.Address:..........................
3.Marital Status:.....................
4.Occupation:........................
5.Age:............
6.Sex:.............
7.Nationality:........................
8.Country Of Residence:.........................
9.Telephone Number:..............................
10.Fax Number:....................................
11.Draw Number above:.........................
12.Alternative email address if any.................

Mr Kelvin Anderson.
Fiduciary Agent.
Email:kelvinanderson_fiduciary@hotmail.com
Fax: +44 870 471 5141
Phone Number +44 704 570 3800 (8am-6pmGMT Mon-Fri)


Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than two weeks. After this date all funds will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor to quote your Reference Number (RFIR/5043/3223/66) and Batch number(B5/R565-33)in every correspondence with your agent.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Irene Green

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