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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:

• 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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• 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 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.
  • bryandaniels13@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Online <info@ukl.org>
Reply-To: bryandaniels13@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:49:36 +0200
Subject: Notification

National Lottery
P O Box 1910
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/8420X2/588
Batch: 094/09/ZY469
WINING NOTIFICATION
Due to the recent global crisis, the UK National lottery has decided to assist some individuals around the world, so we randomly selected some email addresses from many data base luckily you were selected.
So we happily announce That the draw (#568) of UK OnlineLottery Raffle Draw held on Monday April 2th 2009. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:UK/8420X2/588 which subsequently won you one of the Thunder Ball Prizes.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £850,000.00
(EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITISH POUND STERLING)
in cash credited to file LTU/9033118318/09.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Fiduciary Agent: Sir Bryan Daniels,
Email:bryandaniels13@yahoo.co.uk

VERIFICATION FORM.
(Fill and send to the fiduciary agent).
1.FULL NAME.....................................
2.E-MAIL ADDRESS ............................
3CONTACT ADDRESS.............................
4.SEX .................................................
5.AGE.................................................
6.OCCUPATION.................................
7.TEL................................................
.8.COUNTRY ..................................
INDICATE YOUR MODE OF PAYMENT
**VIA COURIER DELIVERY............................
**VIA BANK WIRE TRANSFER..........................

Congratulation from me and members of UK Online International Lottery
Sir Mark Richard
Online coordinator
UK Online International Lottery
Copyright © 1994-2009 The UK National Lottery Inc. All rights
reserved.
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