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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:
  • "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 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.
  • fiduciarywy@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: winning slot <winslot2@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: fiduciary.agt1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:35:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Yahoo!



Messenger Yahoo! Lottery Results You won £400,000.00! Yahoo! Mail congratulates you!


Yahoo! Mail announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Yahoo Lottery Draw for this year , 2007.

10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of 400,000.00 GBP (FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ).

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.
Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our British representative office in United Kingdom , as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of 400,000.00 GBP will be released to you from this regional branch office in UK.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers:-

Batch number.....................Lwh 09445
Lotto number.......................Lwh 09446
Winning number...................Lwh 09447

You are expected to fill the form below
Yahoo’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
FIDUCIARY AGENT Email: fiduciarywy@yahoo.co.uk


FULL NAME:

AMOUNT WON:

DATE OF BIRTH:

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:

SEX:

MARITAL STATUS:

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:

OCCUPATION:

COMPANY NAME:

TELEPHONE:

E-MAIL:

INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:
(A) CHEQUE:

(B) DRAFT:

(C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER:

DATE NOTIFIED:

BATCH NUMBERS:

LOTTO NUMBER:

WINNING NUMBERS:
THIS FORM IS TO ENABLE US HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRIZE WINNER WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO OUR MANAGEMENT BANK FOR YOUR TRANSFER OF FUND AND THE RELEASE OF WINNER'S CERTIFICATE TO YOU.
PLEASE FILL IT AND SEND TO US FOR YOUR DOCUMENTS OF CLAIM. AS SOON AS YOU FILL THIS FORM, THE MANAGEMENT WILL FORWARD IT TO THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND TO YOUR BANK AND YOUR WINING CERTIFICATE WHICH WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS A BONA FIDE WINNER.




For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme
by non-selected winner or unofficial personnel.


Again, remember, all funds not Claimed on or before the fixed date will be returned as Unclaimed and donated to charity organization.
Yours Sincerely,




Dr WILLIAM GERRI (PHD)
LOTTO CO-ORDINATOR.
The Yahoo.com staff
Yahoo.com http://www.yahoo.com



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