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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british 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)
• 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.
  • fiduciaryagentlondon11@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. David Francis" <click_sweepstakes_uk01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:30:40 -0700
Subject: I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY (YOU HAVE WON)




















Messenger
YAHOO! INTERNET LOTTERY 2007!!

CONGRATULATIONS!YOU WON €1,000.000.00. !!





Dear Lucky Winner,
Yahoo! Mail gives some Email Users World-wide random cash prizes. Today, your account is randomly selected as the one of 12 top winners accounts who will get cash prizes from Yahoo! Mail. We are happy to inform you that you have won a prize money of €1,000.000.00. ( One Million Great British Pounds ) International programs held today.
We are pleased to announce your email address as one of the 12 Lucky Winners in the Free Yahoo! Lotto draw held today ( 10 minutes ago) .
All 12 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 100,000,000 {ONE HUNDRED MILLION} international Email addresses all over the world.

The Yahoo Internet Lottery is proudly sponsored by the Microsoft Corporation, Coca Cola, Nokia, Texaco, the Intel Group, Toyota ,Toshiba, Dell computers.
We are proud to say that over €25 Million British Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries world-wide,in The Yahoo! Internet Lottery Promotions.. You have therefore been approved for a total pay out of € 1,000.000.00(One Million Great British Pounds).

The following particulars are attached to your Lotto Payment Order:

Ref: 7458222754 Batch: 905534213/255 Winning no: XB3/701/LNRC Lucky numbers: 2-17-43-47-52 Ticket number: 7458222754 Serial number: 6741137002. Amount: € 1,000.000.00 GBP

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till you claim your prize Money. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!

"To begin your claims, kindly contact the Yahoo! Fudiciary Agent "

NAME: Mr. Collins Gonzales
Yahoo! Fudiciary Agent London.
WWW.YAHOO.CO.UK

Email: fiduciaryagentlondon11@yahoo.co.uk


You are required to forward him with the above particulars , And also send him your contact informations below:

FULL NAMES:
DATE OF BIRTH:SEX :
MARITAL STATUS:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBERS: OCCUPATION:

As soon as you contact the Fudiciary Agent, he will advise you on what to do in order to get your prize money. Email: fiduciaryagentlondon11@yahoo.co.uk



Congratulations once more!!
Yours Sincerely,


Dr. David Francis Phd.

( Yahoo! 2007 Lotto Co-ordinator )







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