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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")
• 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.
  • +447031871667 (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.
  • barr_byronpott77@yahoo.co.uk
  • londonlotto_44@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "barry skelton" <barryskelton2@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: barryskelton77@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 12:20:54 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

 

 

 

                                                                  

UK Lottery Headquarters

Customer Service      
33 YATCH BASIN MARINA  OFFICES,
UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE. LONDON

 

             UK LOTTERY NOTIFICATION DESK

15/03/2006
 
Batch: 14/211/0374  
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02

                                              WINNING NOTIFICATION

 We happily announce to you the draw of the British lottery programs programs held on the 13th of march 2006 in London, Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky numbers: 01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of GBP 3,000,000,00(three million pounds only sterlind) in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a total cash prize of GBP10 million pounds sterlings.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for UK Lottery, The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your GBP 3,000,000,00(three million pounds only sterlind)  would be released to you by our affiliate bank in UK.

 

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him/her.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100, 000 database worldwide . This promotion takes place annually and it is been funded by notable multi-national companies, government functionaries and individuals with a vision to distribute wealth world-wide.

 

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

FIDUCIARY AGENT:BARR BYRON POTT

Email: barr_byronpott77@yahoo.co.uk

+447031871667

 

Sincerely,
Mr Barry Skelton
Uklotto Co-ordinator

 

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using The UK National Lottery addresses, but are not from The UK Lottery Headquarters

PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: 
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT: londonlotto_44@yahoo.co.uk

 

PICTORAL VIEW OF LAST WINNERS OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2004

 

    

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