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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 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 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.
  • +447040101110 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701208680 (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.
  • adamtailort@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Tailor Adams" <tailoradams1@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 12:11:37 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

Allegran Ltd
28-29 Great Sutton Street,
London
http://www.loopylotto.com

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online loppy lotto Program held
on 29-sept-2005

Your e-mail address attached to numbers:
22,25,30,40,47,49 with Bonus 36 drew the lucky
numbers,which subsequently won you one of the
Jackpot prizes. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (one Million Pounds
Sterling)
in cash credited to file LL/UK/29/09/1M/24

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 daily.
Each day, at or shortly after midnight (UK time),
there will be a draw ("DRAW") under the supervision of
an independent observer to determine the winning
numbers in the GAME that day. A random number
generator using
a proprietary random number generation algorithm will
select exactly 6 winning numbers from the range 1-49
and a
bonus winning number from the range 1-49
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent;HSBC`s lottory Operations manager:
Mr. TAILOR ADAMS
EMAIL:adamtailort@yahoo.co.uk
TEL:+44-704-010-1110,+44-703-194-9082
FAX: +44-870-120-8680
WEBSITE: www.hsbc.co.uk
Address:0.3 miles SW - 22 Victoria St, London, SW1H
0NJ

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.Email Address:
12.Draw Number above:
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other
relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you.
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
bank procedure 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 WARMED
Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K
LOOPY LOTTO
Yours faithfully,
MRS JULIA PAIN
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
LOOPY LOTTO

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