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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")
  • "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.
  • ukclaimsagent001@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "UK ONLINE LOTTERY" <uklottery_notificationdesk1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:25:18 +0000
Subject: DRAW #966 WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

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 11th Febraury 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 £500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds
Sterlings)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000 shared amongst the first
four(4)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.All
participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide
Websites 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 £500,000 (Five Hundred 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
ukclaimsagent001@netscape.net


*************************************************************
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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