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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031871142 (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.
  • ukclaimsagentlotto2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK LOTTERY <national_lottoo@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 21 Feb 2007 01:19:39 -0300
Subject: CONTACT MARK ROGER YOU HAVE WON

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




The National Lottery

PO Box 1010

Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05

Batch: R3/A312-59



WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw (#1124) held on Saturday, 27

janaury 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticketnumber:

56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

08,12,13,19,26,38,11. which subsequently won you the Match 6 plus

bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of

£1,454,780 (One Million, Four Hundred And Fifty FourThousand, Seven

Hundred And

Eighty Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the

World Wide Web through a 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 asindicated in your play

coupon.

In view of this, your £1,454,780 would be released to you by any of

our

payment offices in Europe.



To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:



Mr. Mark Roger Email: ukclaimsagentlotto2@yahoo.co.uk

MOBILE: +44 7031871142,+44 7035901595

OFFICE: +44 7024032116,+44 7024032453.



Provide him with the information below:



1.Name:

2.Address:

3.Marital Status:

4.Occupation:

5.Age:

6.Sex:

7.Nationality:

8.Country Of Residence:

9.Telephone Number:

10.Fax Number:

11.Draw Number above:



That way your winning certificate and all other relevant

documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to

show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e.

Drivers license or International passport. 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.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK National Lottery.

Yours faithfully,

Sir Jones Dutcher.

Online Co-ordinator for UK National Lottery Sweepstakes International

Programme

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