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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "foreign service manager" (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)
- ",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.
- +447418476346
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.
- online.customerservice@representative.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <<NOTIFICATION DESK >>
Reply-To: replyteam2@aol.co.uk
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:40:41 +0200
Subject: Congratulations!

The National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom
(Customer service) NOTIFICATION DESK =

Attention: Email Account Holder,
=

Congratulations, congratulations!!, We happily announce to you the draw (#1=
437) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes promotion held in =
London on Saturday 05th December 2015.
=

Your active e-mail address attached to the World Wide Web computer generate=
d online ticket number: #19160746 with reference number UKRU/JA2C590P7 and =
Serial number KPA5365X7, Batch number XDTUA87-2PY,drew the lucky numbers: 0=
2 10 19 28 36 41 Bonus 08 =

This subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. matches 6 l=
ucky numbers plus bonus prize.
You have therefore been allocated to claim a total sum of =A3445,142.00 (=
Four Hundred And Forty-Five Thousand One Hundred And Fouty-Two British Poun=
ds Only) in cash which is credited to file RUBZ/9080144308/09. This is from=
a total cash prize of =A38,397,998 shared amongst the 315,341 with (12) lu=
cky winners in the "2nd" category.

PRIZE BREAKDOWN
--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
------------------------------------------------
Draw 1437 Sat 10 Oct. 02 10 19 28 36 41 Bonus 08 Lotto -Jackpot for this dr=
aw =A33,115,994
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
------------------------------------------------
No. of matches No. of winners =A3s per winner Prize fund =

Match 6 7 =A3445,142.00 =
=A33,115,994
Match 5 plus Bonus 12 =A364,342 =A37=
72,104 =

Match 5 332 =A31,453 =
=A3482,396 =

Match 4 16,877 =A362 =
=A31,046,374 =

Match 3 298,113 =A310 =
=A32,981,130 =

Totals 315,341 =
=A38,397,998
--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---------------------------------------------------
Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machin=
e used for draw Ball set used =

3 =
SAPPHIRE =
8 =

This promotion was drawn based on email address as the key identification =
for setting up online accounts. All valid email addresses in the World Wide=
Web Draw used/participants for the online email promotion version were sel=
ected randomly via computer balloting from a global website collaboration w=
ith internet companies like eBay, pay pal, liberty reserve, and Google whom=
also built their systems and based their membership registration identity =
on email addresses supporting this computer draw system done by extracted e=
mail addresses from over 1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodi=
es and affiliated members to the National Lottery website and their adver=
tisers listed online.
This Online promotion takes place via virtual ticket balloting and it is do=
ne Bi-annually.
=

Please note that you=2019re lucky winning ticket file and number falls with=
in our European booklet representative office in Watford (UK) as indicated =
in your ballot played coupon. In view of this, your =A3445,142.00 would be =
released to you by our payment department.
Contact our Fiduciary agents immediately to commence release of your lotter=
y prize by providing details below.
1. Full Name & Address: =

2. Reference Number/Ticket Number:
3. Age:
4. Winning email Address:
5. Phone Number: =

6. Country:
7. Occupation: =

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information con=
fidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in wh=
atever choice you want to claim your prize. Precautionary measure to avoid =
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program are in place. To file=
for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and provide him with yo=
ur winning email and details. =

=

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agent: =

Mr. Roland Jones
Foreign Service Manager
Tel: +44 741 847 6346
E-mail: online.customerservice@representative.com
=

"Please do not reply back to the senders address or the source email addre=
ss, this notification is sent automatically via computer virtual notificati=
on to winning email addresses and a response will not be attended by Human =
but computer" contact the fiduciary agents above "

Yours faithfully, =

Selby Duffield =

Online Coordinator . National Lottery Customer Care Team =

UK LOTTERY. Copyright (c) 2010-2015 The UK Lottery International Promotion =
Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service =2013 Guideline. 77635 476378 255=
667460

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