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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:
  • "irish lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please endeavor to " (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")
• 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.
  • +447011150069 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704715141 (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.
  • carsonsmith_fiduciary@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Irish National Lottery" <anouncer_iril@hamdard.net.pk>
Reply-To: carsonsmith_fiduciary@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 22:32:42 +0500
Subject: ATTN:LUCKY WINNER

The Irish Lottery
11 G Lower Dorset street,
Dublin Ireland.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the IRISH LOTTERY
ROGRAMME held on Saturday 05 January 2008.With winning numbers 27, 29,
30, 33, 40, 43, Bonus 36.Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky
number: 09 which subsequently won the LOTTO prize. You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of 1,801,613.00 Euro(1 Million,Eight
Hundred and One Thousand,Six Hundred and Thriteen Euros) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/05 of Irish Lottery. All participants
for the online version were selected randomly from
the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.Promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your winnings
of 1,801,613.00 would be releasedto you by any of our payment offices
in Europe(UK).

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and Provide
him with the information below:

1.Full 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.Draw Number above:.........................
12.Alternative email address if any.................

Mr Carson Smith.
claims Agent.
Email:Carsonsmith_fiduciary@hotmail.com
Fax: +44 870 471 5141
Phone Number +44 70111 50069 (8am-6pmGMT Mon-Fri)

That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. Note that all prize funds
must be claimed not later than two weeks. After this date all funds
will be returned to the LOTTERY TREASURY as unclaimed.In order to avoid
unnecessary delays and complications, please endeavor
to quote your Reference Number (RFIR/5043/3223/66) and Batch
number(B5/R565-33) in every correspondence with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change in your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible.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 IRISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully
Mr. Tommy Gunn
Online coordinator.

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