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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447024054440 (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.
  • addmin.playy@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: tracy johnson <tracy_johnsonn6@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 04:47:37 -0700
Subject: An Important Notice.






National Lottery Headquarter. PO Box 1010,Liverpool,L70 1NL,United Kingdom. Ref: UK/776090X2/23Batch: 013/05/8394369Draw date: 29/10/2007.


We officially bring to your notice of the free web lottery final draw result of October 2007 FREE LOTTERY-wheel email-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in the United Kingdom. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 564 75600545-188 with serial numbers 5388/02 drew lucky numbers 01, 05, 11, 19, 28, 36, (Jackpot 38) which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £919,063.00, (nine hundred and ninteen thousand sixty three pounds sterlings).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £919,063.00, (nine hundred and ninteen thousand sixty three pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file DTU/7043618308/06.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from world wide web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 165,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place monthly.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is fully processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. Either by our affiliated bank or courier delivery company. This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!

To file for your claim, please contact the below fiduciary agent in charge of your claims by providing the following information for proper verification:

*Name:...........................*Address:........................*Nationality:....................*Sex:.............................*Tel:.............................*Occupation:...................*Age:............................*AMOUNT WON:................*Lucky Nos:.....................*Ticket No:......................


FIDUCIARY AGENT IN CHARGE OF YOUR CLAIMS


**********************************Claims Department:Dr. Walters Seed,addmin.playy@yahoo.co.uk+44 702 405 4440**********************************


Congratulations from me and members of staff of the U.K LOTTO.



Yours faithfully,Ms. Tracy Johnson,Director International Promotions Unit.
















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