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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million 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)
  • "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 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.
  • +447045700629 (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.
  • barclaysbankplc_transferofficer@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <uknl_howard@agent.la>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 07:12:18 +0100
Subject: Ref.BTL/4910X1/04/Sweepstakes International Program

International Lottery Government Accredited License is Registered under The data Protection Act of Registration
z720663x
U.K. Lottery Headquarters,
25 Tanfied Road Croydon,
London.
Ref.BTL/4910X1/04
BATCH 12/25/O304

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded draw (#1004) of the BRITISH LOTTERY online Sweepstakes
International program held on 15th of January, 2008. Your email was among the 20 Lucky winners who won £590,983.00
each on BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY. However the results were released on the 18th of January, 2007, and your
email was attached to ticket number (7PWYZ2006) and ballot number(BT:12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a
random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 e-mail addresses of individuals and corporate
bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.

Although, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and
privacy.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine
(TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY is approved by the British Gambling Board and also Licensed by the The
International Association of Gambling Regulators (IAGR), thus we intend to sensitize the public on it's legitimacy.

In other to claim your £590,983.00 prize winning, which has been deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have
to fill the form below and send it to the Claims manager of BRITISH ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY for verification and
then you will be directed to the bank where £590,983.00 had already been deposited in your favour.

*Name of Beneficiary:________________
*Address:________________
*City/State:________________
*Country:________________
*Nationality________________
*Sex:________________
*Email Address:________________
*Tel:________________
*Fax (if any)________________
*Occupation:________________
*Next of Kin:________________
*Age:________________
*AMOUNT WON:________________
*In Figures:________________
*In Words:________________
*Lucky Nos:________________

OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
Confirmed by: ________________
FIDUCIARY AGENT SIGNATURE:________________

Please you are advised to complete the above form and send it immediately to our Claims manager through email for prompt
collection of your fund from the designated bank.

(CONTACT CLAIMS MANAGER)
Mr HOWARD WELLINGTON
uknl_howard@agent.la


You are to keep all your winning information away from the general public especially your ticket number and ballot
number. (This is important as cases of double claims will not be entertained).

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE BRITISH LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mark Dulle
Online Coordinator for THE BRITISH LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

© Copyright 1994-2008 The British National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

HONDA COMPANY UK.
An Affiliate of Honda Uk.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,TW5 4SJ
LONDON,UK.

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of Honda International

Lottery programs. which was held on the 18th Jenuary 2008.,Your e-mail

address attached to e-ticket number: 2752246896, with Batch number

AT-040SB06-03 drew a prize of £550,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY

THOUSAND POUNDS). The selection process was carried out through random

selection in our computerized email selection system(ESS) from a

database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents

of the world(personal and corporate e-mail addresses). This promotional

lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the

public.This lucky draw came first in Category 'A' of the Sweepstake.

You will receive the sum of £550,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY

THOUSAND POUNDS) from our authorized bank. This is from a total cash

prize of Ten million Pounds shared among all our international winners

in all categories, because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes,

including the time limited placed on the payment of your prize:

£550,000.00, we advice that you keep all information about this prize

confidential until your funds; £550,000.00 have been transferred to you

by our nominated bank which you will contact for the release of your

prize.

You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with

the release of your funds to your person. This program has been abused

severally in the past, so we are doing our best to forestall further

occurrence of false claims. This sweepstake was conducted under the

watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators.Also this program is sponsored by CFI

Networks to compensate faithful internet surfers around the globe. The

HONDA Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed

by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Congratulations once again for becoming one of the few lucky winners.

With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next

sweepstake of £1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION POUNDS).and a HONDA ACCORD

IVTEC CAR,2008 MODEL.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact
Barclays Bank Plc admin/prize department for procedures to claim your

prize.You must claim your prize: £550,000.00 not later than 14-days

from the moment you receive this e-mail. In order to avoid unnecessary

delays with your claims,contact the Bank immediately;

BARCLAYS BANK PLC.

Sir. Roberts Gilbert Jp.
E-mail: barclaysbankplc_transferofficer@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: (+44) 704-570-0629
Fax: (+44) 700-596-3861

Contact him by please providing him with the under listed
informations as soon as possible:

1.Name in full..........................
2.Address. ...........................
3.Nationality.........................
4.Age..............
5.Occupation...............
6.Phone/Fax................
7.Present Country ..............
8.E-mail Address..................
9.Fax [optional]..................
10.Complete winning Informations.............

Once again congratulations.

Thanks,
Owen Davison (Co-ordinator)
HONDA MOTOR CO.LIMITED® Team

Note: "Do not reply back to this sent email, contact the fiduciary

agents by telephone or email above. For security reasons, you are

advised to keep your winning information confidential from the public

till your claim is processed " .

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