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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 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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (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 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.
  • +447035902295 (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.
  • uk_claims006@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: The Uk National Online Lottery <uk_claims006@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:56:41 +0200
Subject: your e-mail address has won



The Uk National Online Lottery
P O Box 1010 Dublin, 11 G
Lower Dorset Street
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY36


We are pleased to inform you that your e-mail address has won the Uk
National Lottery. Therefore you have been approved for a lump sum
payout £1,000,000.00 GBP) One Million Pounds in the Uk National
Lottery program held on (4th of october 2007) and released
today 1st October 2007.


The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
21,000 email addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no
ticketsweresold. After this automated computer ballot, your
e-mail ID emerged asone of the winners in the 3rd category.


You are therefore been approve to lump sum of £1,000,000.00(GBP). To
file and claim your winning, please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
theprocessing of your winning particulars, with the following
information's below


To file for your claim, please contact our


********************************************
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Name: Lawson Brown.
Email:uk_claims006@yahoo.com.hk
Phone:+447035902295

*********************************************


Provide him with the information below:


1.Full Name: 2.Full Address:3.Status: 4.Occupation:5.Age:
6.Sex: 7.Country:8.Tel.Number: 9 Valid ID card


Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Stella Ellis.
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2007 The UK National Lottery Inc.All rights reserved --

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