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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")
• 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.
  • +447031947942 (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.
  • markwinters05@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amarkwinters05@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: markwinters05@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:19:11 +0000
Subject: **URGENT**


Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Winning Numbers 31 17 8 28 55 21
BONUS: 25


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 30/10/2008. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:1416-4612-750 with Serial number 3187-17
drew the lucky numbers:31-17-8-28-55 (bonus no.25), which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have
therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of ?750,000 (Seven Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World
Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
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 ?750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand
Pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate
the release
of your funds as soon as you make contact.

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.To file for your claim,please FILL THE FORM BELOW, and send the
filled form to your fiduciary agent Mr. Mark Winters via email.

Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your
winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes. Attached here is
a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed
with your winnings. Once again congratulations from all the staff.


1. FULL NAMES:____________________________________________
2. DATE OF BIRTH:_________________________________________________
3. SEX:___________________________
4. MARITAL STATUS:_____________________________________
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:____________________________________
6.TELEPHONE NUMBER:________________________________________
7.OCCUPATION:________________________________________________
8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_/_________________________________________

9.INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRICE COLLECTION
(A)CHEQUE
(B)DRAFT
(C)BANK TRANSFER
IF BANK TRANSFER,( Details of your account)

Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,i will send you the contact
information
of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your
claims CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,

Agent Mark Winters.
Email:markwinters05@hotmail.co.uk <Email%3Amarkwinters05@hotmail.co.uk>
Tel: (+44) 703-194-7942

Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY NB You are not to reply to this email address, but you are
to contact your fiduciary agent in the email above.

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