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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:
  • "cost of transfer" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447045721912 (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.
  • btl_btld@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: British Lottery <btl_btld@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:08:12 +0100
Subject: RESPECTED WINNER DAVE!FROM THE BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD.




BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:Customer Service28 TANFIELD ROAD,CROYDON.LONDONAGENT: Mr James WhiteEmail: btl_btld@hotmail.comPhone: Fudiciary Desk{+44 70457 21912}
Ref. BTL/4910X1/04
Batch: 12/25/0340



Good respected winner Dave! The lottery board got your email. This email you got from our lottery board, is a notification email that you were among our online lottery winner.

This program is organised yearly by the british lottery government to promote the living of any urpportuned winner. If you are among this year lottery winner, then you have to furnish to us your full confidential details aswell winning informations in an enclosed form, so that we can prepare your winning certificate on your name.

We shall be furnishing you with legitimate proves as we progress on with your claims. To start i am your fiduciary agent, Mr James White. And i work for the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD! I will be sending you my attached working i.d below this email,subsequent emails, i will be furnishing you with my INTERNATIONAL I.D CARD, for means of indentification.

The cost of transfering your won prize to you, will be later disclose to you as soon as you comply to our rules and regulations, and that will be done by our affiliate online bank.

Note:That our modus oprandus is very strict here in the U.K your informations are highly needed, to avoid unscrupolouse claims, and also indentity theft.

Below the lottery national headquarters, which is located at 28 TANFIELD ROAD,CROYDON.LONDON.

Contact the lottery office for any further enquires.

BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:Customer Service28 TANFIELD ROAD,CROYDON.LONDONAGENT: Mr James WhiteEmail: btl_btld@hotmail.com
Phone: Fudiciary Desk{+44 70457 21912}

Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards.
Lottery management.

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