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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)
• 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")
• 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.
  • +447045773023 (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.
  • claimsverificationagent2008@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Wabbington,Ross" <wabbingtonr@uwa.edu>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:16:20 -0500
Subject: Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04-- CONGRATULATIONS!!! FROM UKNL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
ONLINE SWEEPSTAKES
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

UKNL SWEEPSTAKES SEASON
Dear Winner,
With pleasure the United Kingdom Global Sweepstakes Lottery, organizers of the UK National Lottery,Euromillions,Daily Play,Thunderball,Lotto Hotpicks,and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw (#1055) of the UK National Lottery, online Sweepstakes International Programme held 10.30am thursday 27th of March, 2008 in London,United Kingdom.
Your e-mail address attached to raffle number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: (05-11-13-17-44-48-25)
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000.00
(Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand pounds sterling) , credited to file UKNL/9023118308/03 with a consolation prize of a Dell Pentium M Laptop and a UK National Lottery T-shirt. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Western booklet representative office in London as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £250,000.00 and your consolation prizes will be released to you by the claims department. Our claims agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds and prizes as soon as you contact him.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
the World Wide Web(WWW) through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.This seasonal promotion takes place monthly.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are 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 by some unscrupulous elements and most importantly for your own security to avoid situations like this reported on this news extract; http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654977 <http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654977>
To file for claim of your winnings, please contact our fiduciary agent in the Verification Department with your winning details:
VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT
Mr Christopher Logan(PhD)
Fiduciary Agent,UKNL
EMAIL: claimsverificationagent2008@yahoo.co.uk
OFFICE:Block D,Office 13,UKNL BUILDING
Telephone: +447045773023, +447045773029
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent.The Fiduciary Agent will give you a fund release form.You are required to fill and submit as soon as possible to enable the Claims processing Unit to release your funds to you without delay.
Congratulations once more from all members and staff of the UKNL Sweepstakes Lottery Program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
To view more testimonies about the national lottery click on the links below;
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15798589&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=eur--pound-77m-richer--name_page.html <http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15798589&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=eur--pound-77m-richer--name_page.html>
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1721352005 <http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1721352005>
Congratulations once again,from the desk of the Online Co-ordinator of the United Kingdom Lottery Company in charge of this Global Sweepstakes/Promotion and financial enhancement programme.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Randall E. A. Smith
ONLINE CO-ORDINATOR UKN LOTTERY
SWEEPSTAKES INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.

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