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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million pounds" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • paulsmith_agents@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <lott.uk4532@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <paulsmith_agents@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:34:31 -0600
Subject: YOU HAVE WON(Congratulations)



















THE NATIONAL LOTTERY P O BOX 1010LIVERPOOL, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X4/67
Batch:073/05/ZY366WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We are happily announce to you the draw (1032) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 30th Of OCTOBER 2007 . It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475612545 187, Serial Number: 5368/03 drew the lucky numbers: 21,32,41,42,43,46 [Bonus # .17],which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00(One million pounds sterling) in cash credited to fileKTU/9023118308/07. You can ask for our ONLINE RESULT SITE to comfirm the value of your winnings.This is from a total cash prize of £51,000,000.00 (fifty one million pounds sterling) was approved for the four( 7)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 .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.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.
The internet emailing diea was used, since most people do are not able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.
To file for your claim, please contact our Fudiciary Agent:
************************************************
Mr Paul Smith
Official Email:paulsmith_agents@yahoo.co.uk
Foreign Services Manager,
Payment and Release order Department,TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
********************************************************************************


1. FULL NAMES:_________________________________________

2.NATIONALITY:________________________________________
3. AGE________________________________________
4. SEX:_________________________
5. MARITAL STATUS:_____________________________________
6.CONTACT ADDRESS:_____________________________________________
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:___________________
8.OCCUPATION:_________________________________
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_______________________________________
10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________________________
11.WINNING NUMBER:_________________________________________
12TOTAL AMOUNT WON:_________________________________________


Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email/billing address,telephone and fax numbers immediately. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please send your reply via email:paulsmith_agents@yahoo.co.uk
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
_________________________________________________________________
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