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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")
  • "claims 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 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.
  • fiduciaryagent01@online24.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "BRIAN RICHARDS" <brianrichards809@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: fiduciaryagent01@online24.co.uk
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 03:36:19 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification{05 october 2005}














The National Lottery
PO Box 1010 Liverpool L70 1NL United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/7168/05
Batch: R3/A312-60

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1020) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on saturday 01 september 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: Drew the lucky numbers:
04,06,31,42,46, plus bonus ball 11,Which subsequently won you the match 5
plus bonus category prize.You have therefore been approved to claim a total
sum of £243,306.00{two hundred and fourty three thousand three hundred and
six pounds sterlings } in cash credited to file KTU/023119909/07. 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 as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £243,306.00 would be
released to you by our payment officer.To file for your claim, please
contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr.Mcpherson Cole
Email: fiduciaryagent01@online24.co.uk

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. Draw Number
above: 11. a copy of this email.That way your Winnings 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. You
can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your Winnings And
also get a prize breakdown:-

www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Sir Brian Richards.
Online Co-coordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.

N.B: Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your Claims agent immediately

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