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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 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.
  • uklottery_claimsagent@primposta.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK ONLINE LOTTERY" <uklottery_notificationdesk21@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:59:55 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS......WINNER!!!

UKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED
UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).


UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
20 A'BECKETS AVENUE
PALDWICK, BOGNOR REGIS,
WEST SUSSEX, PO21 4LX
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/688
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

DRAW #966 WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UNITED KINGDOM HIGHSTAKE
ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held
on 23rd January 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
(05)-(21)-(23)-(28)-(40)bonus # (26).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 £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterlings)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total
cash prize of £1,000,000 shared amongst the first four(5)lucky winners in
this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.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 bimonthly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet
representative office in London as indicated in our play coupon. In view of
this your £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would
be released to you by our affiliate Forwarding security service in London.
Our 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 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.
To file for your claim, please contact our security/fiduciary agent:
**************************************************************
Name of Agent:Carl Rolands
City/Country: London, United Kingdom.

Email: carlrolands_fudiciaryagent@fadmail.com
uklottery_claimsagent@primposta.com

*************************************************************
You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information
as soon as possible:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax

Note that all winning must be claimed within the specified time frame of
the lottery process time. After this period,
all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your WINNING
NUMBER in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff
and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.
Yours faithfully,

K.Richard.
==============================================
Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification.
This E-mail message (including attachments, if any) is
intended for the use of the individual or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain Information that
is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted
from disclosure.
If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified
that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this
communication is strictly prohibited.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

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