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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "irish lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +447045753566 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045728507 (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.
  • office_royal.bank@btinternet.com

Fraud email example:

From: MEDHOUSE 2005 <medhouse2005@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:27:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Fake lotery


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The Irish Lottery
P O Box 1010
11 G Lower Dorset Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:CPEL/OWN/9876

Attn: Similachi Dumitru-Ciprian,

I am in reciept of your mail and i must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this years lucky dip sweepstakes. As you already know your email address was randomly selected along with others from over 100,000 Unions on the internet. Each email address was attached to a ticket number. Your email address was selected as winner.Note that your winnings can be delivered in the next 24-48 hours upon your contacting the Royal Bank of Scottland who is responsible for the swift bank transfer of your winning funds into your bank account.so you should contact them urgently to get your winnings.

it is our major priority as your fiduciary agent to make sure that your winning funds gets to you within the stipulated time for the claiming of winning,with that goal set in our mind in this office, we have deposited your winning funds with Royal Bank of Scottland and the sum of £1,350 Million (One million, three hundred and fifty thousand, pounds sterling) has been deposited in your name.

Now you are to contact the bank with the contact information below for futher instructions on how to transfer your winning funds into your norminate personal account in your local country.

You should contact the Royal Bank of Scottland immediately without any delays, for your winnings had already been deposited with them for onward transfer to your personal account.

Note that you are to provide the Bank with these details to identify you:
** FULL NAMES:
** FULL ADDRESS:
** TEL:
** AMOUNT WON:
** WINNING REF NUMBER:
** WINNING BATCH NUMBER:


Below is the Details of the Royal Bank of Scottland
Transfer Department
Royal Private Bank
Mr. JAMES BEN,
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTTLAND.
Operations Department
London Drummonds
49 Charing Cross
GB - Admiralty Arch SW1A 2DX.
Tel: +44-704-572-8507
+44 70457 53566
Fax: +44 7092 8970 96
Official Email: office_royal.bank@btinternet.com


Its is imperative that you add your IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{CPEL/OWN/9876} as the subject of any correspondence with the Royal Bank of Scottland and your Full name and Address to ensure that they respond in a timely manner.


I will require a concise update on proceedings with the Royal Bank of Scottland as soon as you are in contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Once more congratulations!!!

Yours Sincerely,
Dr Benald Wolds.
Fiduciary Agent.
Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s).Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of NATIONAL LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to concern finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).
THE Irish National Lottery
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