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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.
  • agent01@excite.com
  • agent02@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "lotery winning" <lotteryresult01@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:42:31 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.                                                                    THE OAKROOM LOUNGE.                                                                                                                             PICCADILLY LONDON. W1B 0BH.                                                                  FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGEMENT BRITISH LOTTERY LONDON, UK. PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF Nº:UK/2251256003/05 BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD                                                           WINNING NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS! We the Board and Management of British Lottery London, UK wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program  held on 2nd of  5th, 2006. It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this. This results is today released to you and Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545-188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:                and bonus ball number:  which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category . You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.                                                              This is from a total cash prize of  £25.000,000.00 shared amongst the(5)lucky winners in this category.   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 bianually. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.                                    Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europe booklet representative office in UK as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your  £500,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Endeavor to Quote your reference/batch numbers in your correspondence with us and you are advised  not to expose your numbers to avoid double clamming  and unwarranted abuse of this program or you winnings will be void Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Mr. robert carpenter via this email address: claim-agent01@excite.com or claim-agent02@excite.com                                To file for your claim,please fill out this verification form Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below: WINNER'S CLAIM FORM WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA First Name.: * Middle Name.: Last Name.: * Gender.: MaleFemale Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember Day: Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Year: Marital Status.: SingleMarriedDivorced Nationality.: * Religion.: Occupation.: Address 1.: * Address 2.: City.: * State/Province.: * Zip Code.: * Mobile phone No.: * House Phone No.: * Fax No.: Email Address.: * eg. username@domainname.com WINNING INFORMATION Batch Number.: * Serial Number.: * Refrence Number.: * This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:   This form is valid for only those who have won the BRITISH LOTTERY LONDON. Fill in the required fields in the space provided below. No field should be left blank, because your particulars are needed for record purposes. NOTE : IT IS REQUIRED YOU CLICK THE REPLY BUTTON BEFORE FILLING OUT THIS FORM, AS ALL INPUTED DATA MAY BE LOST UPON OUR RECEPTION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOUR BROWSER SETTING DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS PROGRAME e.g html programe, YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED DATA IN PLAIN TEXT FORMAT. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications  quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible.    ANYONE BELOW EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE CAN MAKE HIS/ HER CLAIM IN PROXY THROUGH EITHER OF THE PARENTS.    Once again congratulations from me and members of staff of THE BRITISH LOTTERY .   Sincerely Yours Robert Carpenter (Mr.) International Relation Officer. BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM         OUR Executives: Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).

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