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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 13:20:44 -0800 (PST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF NEW YEAR WINNINGS


The National Lottery,
P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer
balloting held on the 1st of January, 2009 as part of our New Year
Bonus to lucky internet users worldwide. This is a Scientific Computer
Game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program
aimed at encouraging internet users; Meaning, you do not need to buy
ticket to enter for it.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 74454774 with Serial
number 144-66584 drew the lucky numbers: 5-21-23-34-61-72 (Bonus
ball)which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You havetherefore been approved to claim a total sum of £516,778.00
(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy eight
pounds sterling only) equivalent to $921,201:00 USD (Nine Hundred
and twenty one thousand,two hundred and one Dollars only)

All participants were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Eight hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is
conducted annually. This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a
conglomerate of some multinational companies to promote the use
of internet around the world.

To claim your winning fund Please contact your fiduciary agent below for
more details with the
following details

(FIDUCIARY OFFICER)
Name: MR.Craig Darwing
Email: ukclaimcentre@live.co.uk

1. Full Names:
2. Address:
3. Age:
4. Sex:
5. Marital Status:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone numbers:
8. Nationality:
9. Country of Residence:


(FIDUCIARY OFFICER)
Name: MR.Craig Darwing
Email: ukclaimcentre@live.co.uk

YOUR SECURITY FILE REFERENCE NUMBER IS UKL/K5998/U4. (keep personal).

Yours Sincerely,
Dennis Geyton.
Online Co-ordinator.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam