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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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (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.
  • revvictortemplee@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CATHRINE LIFFORD <cath00_5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <cathr001@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:43:06 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE




UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEAD OFFICE
P.O. BOX 1764
VICTORIA SW1V 4DP
LONDON, ENGLAND.
http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp WINNING NOTIFICATION/ PROCESSING ADVISE We
are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners
International programs held on -1st Nov-2007. Your E-mail
Address was attached to a ticket number 56475600545 188 with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers LOTTO RESULTS Which
consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore
been approved for a lump sum payout of GBP 350,000.00 ( THREE THUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS ) in cash credited to the file reference
number: UKLT/245512568021/05. This
is from a total cash price of Pounds, shared amongst the first Three
(3) lucky winners in this category. Due to the mix up of some numbers
and E-mail Address, we advice that you keep this award from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
you as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by the general public. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from an on-line web wide correlation of E-MAIL
address, names all over the world as part of our international
promotions program which we conduct once every year. To file out your
claim please contact our fiduciary agent: Contact Person : Rev Victor Temple
Email Address : revvictortemplee@yahoo.com
Ice Gold Finance UK Electron House
43 London Road Reigate, Surrey RH2 9PW
United Kingdom. Note that all prize funds must be claimed not later than 15TH OF Dec 2007 LAST COLLECTION DATE.
After this date all funds will be returned to our treasury as
unclaimed. You are adviced to quote your ticket and lucky numbers to
our fiduciary agent in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications. . Furthermore, should there be any change in your
address, do inform our fiduciary agent as soon as possible.
For
the immediate release of your payments you are to provide the
following details below to our fiduciary agent; You willhave to choose
a suitable meansto which you will want to receive your winnings; (1)Cash in Hand (2) through the courier (3)through the bank... Congratulations
once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your winnings,
we need your particulars for record purposes, Below here is a copy of
our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with
your winnings. Note that you are to fill the form and send the
imformations below to your fiduciary agent (Rev Victor Temple) for
immediate release of your funds. Once again congratulations from all
the staff. VERIFICATIONS FORM FULL NAMES................................................... CONTACT ADDRESS........................................ TEL/FAX NUMBERS......................................... AGE................................................................. SEX.................................................................. OCCUPATION................................................. NEXT OF KIN.................................................. COUNTRY........................................................ AMOUNT WON................................................ WINNING EMAIL............................................. WINNING NUMBERS...................................... REFERENCE NUMBER.................................... TICKET NUMBERS.......................................... SERIAL NUMBERS........................................... Upon
receipt of the duly requested data, I will send you the contact
information of the payment office so you can proceed with the release
of your funds.
Warm Regards,
Remember that this program is organised to enhance unity and also encourage all micro-soft users all over the world.Congratulations once again from all members of our staff, and thank you for being part of our promotions program. MRS ANITA BILL. CO-ORDINATOR EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD. http://www.national-lottery.com/results.asp Assisted by : Copyright © 1994-2007 The UK National Lottery Inc.
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