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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447024026834 (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.
  • mrs_mkumasi@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jim baker" <drjimbaker@me.by>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:10 +0100
Subject: Number 02/HW


*British Lottery Incorporation
Head Office: Commodore House, 51 Conway Road,
Colwyn Bay LL297AW United Kingdom*

*Our ref: UK2008 SO/UK/CI049/08*

*Number 02/HW
Ticket No.17212
Ref No.475061725,**
Serial: 7741137002,
Batch No:7056490900/188
Winner's No: Gb8701/LPrc*

**

*Dear Sir/Madam,*

**

*We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 19th of July
2008 from the British Lottery incorporation which is fully based on
electronic selection of email addresses using their e-mail address form some
sites,Your email address was attached to ticket:17212, Serial:
7741137002, Winner:GB8701/LPRC,Batch :7056490900/188,Ref numbers.
475061725 and this batch draw the lucky numbers as Follows 8382-42bonus
numbers 17,which consequently won the lottery in the second
and final category.*

*You are here by approved a lump payment of Four hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds Sterling (£450,000.00 GBP) in bank draft file number: ILP/HW 47509/08
shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category and all Participants
were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form Nine hundred
thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia, United States,united
kingdom,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.*

*This lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of
multinational companies as part of their social responsibilities to the
citizen in the communities where they have operational bases,for security
reasons,
we advice all winners to keep this information Confidential from the public
until your claims is processed and your prize released to you.This is part
of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking
advantage of this programmed by non-participant or unofficial personnel. All
winnings must be claimed before 10th of July 2008,Otherwise all funds will
be returned as Unclaimed.*

*How to claim your prize,Contact our fiduciary agent Mrs.Magrate Kumasi,
E-mail: (**mrs_mkumasi@hotmail.com )to file your winnings for payment.Please
remember to quote your reference,batch and winning numbers e.t.c,which can
be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
Name,Home Address,Nationality,Age,Sex ,Occupation and Mobile Telephone/Fax
number to help locate your file easily.*

*Congratulations once more on your winnings!!! from the entire Management
and Staffs of British Lottery Incorporation. Thanks for being part of this
promotional lottery program. Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gate
of Microsoft and all his Associates for alleviating poverty round the World.
*

*Please do not reply to the sender,contact your fiduciary agent,*

*Mrs. Magrate Kumasi*

*E-mail:(mrs_mkumasi@hotmail.com )
**Secretary Mr JIM WIK
**
Phone No+447024026834 *

*Congratulations!!!*

*George Smith,
President British Lottery *

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