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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (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 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.
  • greg_rb1@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: uksalotto uksalotto <uk_sa_lott_incorporated29@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:04:58 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON BRITISH LOTTERY!!!





The Head quarters
National Lottery P O Box 1010
United Kingdom(Customer Services) WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We are pleased to announce to you that you are a winner of the UK/SA NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 13th of October 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to winning number:






You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to your file number 661484.

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 on line. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our South Africanbooklet representative office in South Africa . In view of this, your £500,000.00 would be released to you by our payment office in South Africa.
Our South African agent will immediately commence the process tofacilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent:
Mr Greg Robertson
Email: greg_rb1@yahoo.ca
Tel: 0027 73 405 4053

Provide him with the information below:1.Full Name:
2.Occupation:
3.Age:4.Sex:5.Nationality:6.Country Of Residence:7.Telephone Number:Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK/SANATIONAL LOTTERY.Yours faithfully,Mr Albert Clinton.
Online coordinator for UK/SA NATIONAL LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program.
© Copyright 1997-2007 The UK/SA National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines




Dr Mrs. Mary Jones
Zonal Coordinator




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