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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")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • +447031891639 (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.
  • mark_harrison@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS <dr_paulwhite14@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:19:54 +0200
Subject:


The Uk National Lottery P O Box 1010Liverpool, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)Ref: UK/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369 WINNING NOTIFICATION: We happily announce to you the draw (#651) of the THUNDERBALL WINNING under the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 29th November 07. Your e-mail address attached to ticketnumber: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers (01)(15)(17)(19)(30) Thunder Ball (03) Which subsequently won you the lottery of the Jackpot Prize. You have therefore been approved to claim atotal sum of £850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to fileKTU/9023118308/03.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over100, 000 unions, associations, and corporatebodies that are listed online.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office inEurope as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £850,000.00 would be released to you byany of our payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds assoon as you contact him. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: NAME: MARK HARRISONPHONE: +447031891639 +447031847234 FAX: +448704792529EMAIL: mark_harrison@consultant.com Provide him with the information below:1.Name:2.Address:3.Marital Status:4.Occupation:5.Age:6.Sex:7.Nationality:8.Country Of Residence:9.Telephone Number:10.Fax Number:11.Email Address:12.Your Lucky Numbers: That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. Good luck from me and members of staff of THE UKNATIONAL LOTTERY.Yours faithfully,Dr. Paul White.Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program.N:B Do not reply to the sender, contact your claims agent © Copyright 1996-2007 The UK National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
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