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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")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031967247 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • jameswhites45@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mart katete" <uknationallottorypromo@msn.com>
Reply-To: claimsagent1000@uk2.net
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:16:48 +0000
Subject: WINNIG NOTIFICATIONS

 

UNITED KINGDOM ON-LINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
TRADE MARK:UKLOTTERY#NW907UNION JACK.
CARPENDERS PARK
WATFORD,HERTFORDSHIRE
WD 195 UNITED KINGDOM.

 DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR&ON-LINE CO-ORDINATOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE.

                                           NOTIFICATION.
We officially announce the result of the UNITED KINGDOM  SWEEPSTAKES ON-LINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM which was held on the 28TH SATURDAY JANUARY 2006.
Your email address attached to a ticket number 7289-11546632-152 with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky numbers

which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of POUNDS 450,000 (FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY ) in cash credited to the file reference number: UKLT/245512568021/05.This is from a total cash price of POUNDS 9,000,OOO (NINE MILLION POUNDS ONLY) for TWENTY lucky winners approved for the first category of winners.

To File  your claims, please contact our fiduciary agent below.

Name  : Mr James .carta.
E-mail: claimsagent1000@uk2.net,

Email:jameswhites45@yahoo.co.uk

Tell:+44-703-1967-247
Foreign Services Manager,Payment and Release order
Department,

For the immediate release of your payments you are to contact claims agent;

NB. A receipt/copy (via phone, email and fax) of every transaction with your claim agent should be forwarded to the above email address for record and documentation purpose. This is to curtail the issue of double prize claim as earlier experienced. Remember that this programe is organised to enhance  unity and  also encourage all micro-soft users all over the world
Congratulations once again from all members of our staff, and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

TOBY BAILEY
VICE-PRESIDENT                                                                                       

  

  

UK  ON-LINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam