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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  • wilcoxdutch@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: " willaims jones" <willaimsjones2q7@wanadoo.es>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 00:13:01 +0100 (CET)
Subject: DEAR WINNER.


U.K LOTTERY.
28 ROMFORD AVENUE FOREST GATE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM.
REF: NBM /2551256003/22
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

DEAR WINNER,

ON BEHALF OF THE U.K LOTTERY AND FROM THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,WE GLADLY NOTIFY YOU OF YOUR LUCKY WIN OF A TOTAL OF £ 1,800,000 POUNDS STERLING ONLY,IN THE ON-GOING DRAWS,HELD ON THE 1ST OF MARCH,2006

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD CATEGORY OF OUR COMPUTER BALLOTTING SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 15 MILLION NAMES FROM AUSTRALIA,NEW ZEALAND,AMERICA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND AFRICA AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS PROGRAM, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY.

YOUR EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO TICKET NUMBER:025-1146-1992-750,WITH SERIAL NUMBER: 2113-22 AND LUCKY NUMBERS:1,26, 32, 35, 37, 45

(YOU CAN CHECK YOUR RESULTS ON www.alllotto.co.uk TO CONFIRM YOUR EXACT PRIZE AMOUNT)

YOUR WINNING FALLS UNDER THE BOOKLET OF OUR EUROPEAN CO-ORDINATOR,THEREFORE YOU ARE IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED TO CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT,TO PROCESS YOUR PRIZE CLAIM,AT THE ADDRESS BELOW:

NAME :SIR WILCOX DUTCH
EUROPEAN FIDUCIARY AGENT.)
Email: wilcoxdutch@myway.com

ONCE AGAIN,ON BEHALF OF U.K LOTTERY TEAM, WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS.
YOURS SINCERELY,

DR. WILLIAMS JONES.
HEAD,ONLINE CONTACT TEAM.
U.K LOTTERY.

WARNING:

1.YOU ARE HIGHLY ADVISED TO KEEP YOUR PRIZE WINNING HIGHLY SECRET,CONFIDENTIAL AND FROM PUBLIC NOTICE,UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETELY TRANSFFERED
YOUR PRIZE,TO AVOID ANY LOSS, TO UNSCRUPULOUS INDIVIDUALS,AS WE DID NOT EVEN PUBLISH YOUR NAME/EMAIL ON THE WEBSITE,TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR
PRIZE MONEY.

2. YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED, IF UNDER THE AGE OF 18.

3. YOUR PRIZE MONEY WILL BE FOREFEITED IF YOU REFUSE TO CLIAM IT,TRY TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,ON OR BEFORE THE 30th OF MARCH,2006 SO CONTACT YOUR
FIDUCIARY AGENT IMMEDIATELY

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