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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:
  • "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 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.
  • smithfudicairydept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "2006 NATIONAL UK DRAWS ." <info_ukdraws2006@msn.com>
Reply-To: smithfudicairydept@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:47:10 +0000
Subject: YOU WON THE 2006 UK DRAWS

Uk National Lottery

LOTTERY COORDINATOR,

UK NATIONAL LOTTOERY.

3rd FLOOR ELEANOR HOUSE,

33-35 ELEANOR CROSS ROAD,

UNITED KINGDOM.


ATTENTION!!!

Results for third category draws: UK LOTTERY wishes to inform you of the
results of its Promotional draws held on the 2 Febuary 2006. We are happy to
officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our Third
Category Draws, which is part of our promotional draws. Participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 40,000names/email
addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
International Promotions Program. You/Your Company, attached to ticket
number 564-75600545-288, with serial number 56475600545188 drew the lucky
numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in the Third Category. You
have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay of US $2,500,000.00 (Two Million
Five Hundred Thousand United Sates Dollars) in cash, which is the winning
payout for Third Category winners. This is from the total
prize money of USD 12,500,000.00 shared between 5 international winners in
the Third category. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with A
COURIER SERVICE, In your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers
and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your
award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your
claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/no participants of this program. We also
wish to bring to your notice our(2006) high stakes where you stand a chance
of winning up to USD 10.5 Million; we hope that with a part of your prize
you will participate. Please contact your claims agent immediately, to begin
your claims process;

Mr. Smith Barnes

EMAIL:smithfudicairydept@yahoo.co.uk

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT MANAGER. For due processing and remittance of your prize
money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact
your claim agent not later than 1(one) month after this date, all funds will
be returned as unclaimed. NOTE: For easy reference and
identification, Find below your reference and Batch numbers, remember to
quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims
agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: UK/9420X2/68

BATCH NUMBER: 074/05/ZY369

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified. You are
advised in your own interest to keep information about this lottery from the
public to avoid double claims. Please
contact your claims agent.

Mr. Smith Barnes

For: NATIONAL LOTTERY

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