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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 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.
  • fiduciaryagent_porrogarry@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH LOTTERY" <johnmart11@msn.com>
Reply-To: president_dicksmithfoodscompany@yahoo.com.au
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:32:02 +0000
Subject: winning notification

UKONLINE

THE NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on
Saturday September 17th 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
07-20-22-23-34-37 (bonus no 38.),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £284,515.00 (Two Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand ,Five Hundred and Fifteen Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through 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 our play coupon. In view of this, your prize of £284,515.00 (Two Hundred and Eighty Four Thousand ,Five Hundred and Fifteen Pounds Sterling) would be released to
you through our payment office in Europe.
Your fiduciary agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claim 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.
To file for your claim, please contact your fiduciary

agent MR.Porro Garry.
Email: fiduciaryagent_porrogarry@yahoo.co.uk
Attached here is a copy of our verifications form,please fill accordingly so as to proceed with the claiming of your winnings.

1. FULL
NAMES:____________________________________________

2. DATE OF
BIRTH:_________________________________________________

3. SEX:___________________________

4. MARITAL
STATUS:_____________________________________

5.CONTACT ADDRESS:____________________________________

6.TELEPHONE
NUMBER:________________________________________

7.OCCUPATION:________________________________________________

8.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_/_________________________________________

9.AMOUNT WON__________________________________________
Please send the fully filled out form to your fiduciary agent.
Upon reciept of the duly requested datas,your fiduciary agent will send to you
the contact information of the payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your claim
in anyway you deem fit.


Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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