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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +447045765192 (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.
  • walter01001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <barrkoffi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: walter01001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 04:18:37 -0700
Subject: BRITISH LOTTO DRAW, APRIL WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
60 Merriman Road
Black heath London,
SE3 8RZ, England.
Ref: UK/7803XI/08
Ref no.BTL/4910XI/08

NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!
We happily announce to you the Draw (#942) of the online UK National Lottery
program held on the 1st April 2008.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket
Number: 2008640 with Serial number 2325/08 drew the Winning numbers: 02 23
37 40 48 49 (bonus no. 29), which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e. match 3 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £2,500:00 (two million, five hundred thousand pound
Sterling) in cash credited to file KTV/6012118207/06.

This is from a total cash prize of £30,981,000:00 (Thirty million, nine
hundred and eighty one thousand pound sterling), shared amongst the lucky
Winners in this category i.e. Match 3 plus bonus. All participants for the
online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through
computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,
and corporate bodies that are listed online. Your lucky winning number falls
within our Asia booklet representative office in Asia as indicated in your
play coupon. In view of this, your £2,500:00 (2 million, five hundred
thousand pound Sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Asia. Our Asia agents will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim 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!.

You can go to our online result site to confirm your winnings and also get a
prize breakdown: https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do
To file for your claim, Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for validation.
**************************************************************************************************************************
Mr. Walter Paul FIDUCIARY AGENT, Payment and Release order Department, UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING AGENT.OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Email: walter01001@yahoo.co.uk
Tell : +44 7045765192
**************************************************************************************************************************
Endeavour to email them the following information's for immediate
processing, verification and legalization of claims in order for payment to
be made to you as required in accordance with our payout policy.

FULL NAME: .................................
ADDRESS:....................................
TELEPHONE:(HOME/MOBILE).....................
Age:........................................
Sex:........................................
Occupation:.................................
AMOUNT WON:.................................
REF NUMBER:....................... .........
BATCH NUMBER: ..............................
WINNING NUMBER: ............................
TICKET NUMBER:..............................
MODE OF PAYMENT: (Cargo delivery through diplomatic means)
Congratulations from me and members of staff of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Roseline j. Freeman.
(Online Coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY)

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