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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • claimdept_lotto_2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uk_lotto_01@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:43:30 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=20YOU=20HAVE=20WON=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2E=2EREPLY=20TO=20CLAIMS=20AGENT=2E?=

FROM THE DESK OF SIR FREDERICK PRICE
BRITISH LOTTERY COMPANY.

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We the Board and Management of British Lottery London, UK wishes to informyou
the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program held
on 5th DECEMBER,2007 It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final
NOTIFICATION as regards this.

This results is today released to you and Your e-mail address attached to
ticket number:56475600545-188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers: and bonus ball number: which subsequently won you the lottery in
the 2nd category .

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 (FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This
is from a total cash prize of £2,500.000.00 shared amongst the(5)lucky winners
in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000unions,associations,
and corporate bodies that are listed online.

This promotion takes place bianually.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europe booklet
representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING)will
be released to you by any of our payment offices in EUROPE.

Endeavor to Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence with
us and you are advised not to expose your numbers to avoid double clamming
and unwarranted abuse of this program or your winnings will be void Please
be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Mr.Sanson Joseph
via this email address: claimdept_lotto_2007@yahoo.com

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.OFFICE ADDRESS:

Once again congratulations from me and members of staff of THE BRITISH LOTTERY.

Sincerely Yours.
Mr.Jacob Cleff.

International Relation Officer.BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAMOUR
Executives:Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations),Mr.Franklyn
Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr.James Williams
(Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni KAnderson(Legal Representative),
Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager),Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman),
Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON.......REPLY TO CLAIMS AGENT.

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