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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447031839028 (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.
  • franklinadams83@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: franklin adams <franklinadams83@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:07:31 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?big5?q?=A6^=C2=D0=A1G=20RE:{Spam=3F}=20Ref:=20UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327?=




Hildemara Diet <HilD588@germanmail.info> »¡¡G
Dear Sir,

You must forgive me but my written English is not so beautiful.

Probably you are cognisant of the very private issue detailed below. Am I doing the right thing in confirming to you again my interest? Your help is vital for me.

Hildemara Diet

--- Forwarded email ---

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY=20

P O BOX 1010

LIVERPOOL L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

Customer Services

Ref: UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327

Batch: UKNL5/A115-07

RE/AWARD BRITISH NOTIFICATION DESK

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Dear Lucky winner

We happily announce to you the new year draw

NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held=20

on 14/02/2007. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final=20

NOTIFICATION as regards this.

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You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of &

one million five hundred thousand great British pounds sterling in=20

cash credited to=20

file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of &
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shared amongst the first seven 7 lucky winners in this category i.e.=20

Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were=20

selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw=20

system and=20

extracted from over 100 000 unions associations and corporate=20



bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place weekly. Please=20

note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet=20

representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.

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In view of this your &

Great Britain pounds sterling would be released to you by any of our=20

payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence=20

the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you=20

contact him.

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For security reasons you are advised to keep your winning information=20

confidential till To file for your claim please contact our =20

fiduciary Agent:

Franklin Adams

Alpha Consultants Lawfirm & Schmidtz Associates

Solicitors Advocates & Arbitrators

TEL: +447031839028



Official Email:franklinadams83@yahoo.com.hk

franklinadams83@xspmail.com

Fudiciary Agent/Payment Officer.

Endeavour to email/fax him your full names winning=20

numbers email/billing address

Yours faithfully

MRS.GRACE WALKER

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program.

Assisted by : UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION



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