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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "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.
  • +447031946935 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: lotterycoordinator12@UnionPlus.net
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 01:30:33 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK)
The National Lottery
Suite,129 Gambling and Gaming Board Building
Liverpool
L 217 WX.
United Kingdom
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk

NOTIFICATION OF WINNING

We happily announce to you the results of the UK LOTTO DRAW 1065 of The National Lottery of The UK drawn on
Wednesday 15th March, 2006. The Numbers Drawn are as follow;


Your e-mail address was randomly selected from millions others by our computer systems as part of our UK LOTTO
program which is designed to dispose of the Millions of Pounds which we hold in our UNCLAIMED WINNINGS ACCOUNT.
Numbers are then randomly picked in an automated lucky dip system and then attached randomly to all
individual e-mail addresses. After this process, owners of the randomly selected e-mail addresses are
notified of the winnings and are then expected to file a claim for the winning(s). Where the owner of the
e-mail rejects the winning by commission or omission, such winning(s) are directed to charity.

I happily write to inform you that your email drew the following numbers;01, 11, 41, 30, 30, 42, bonus 22.
(In that order)

This effectively qualifies you for the second category (Match 5 numbers) along with Three other winners to
jointly share the total prize of £ 6,500,000 = (Six Million and Five Hundred Thousand Pounds)
of which £1,500.00 = (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds
only) is your TOTAL WINNING.

Please, you are advised to file your claim for your winning(s) at least fourteen days after the sent date on
this Winning Notification email, failing which, your winning(s) will be deemed forfeited and transferred to
charity.

Do not fail to contact our accredited claims agent that has been assigned to you.(BUDGET FINANCE UK)

MR. WRIGHT WAYNE
CLAIM/FINANCE MANAGER
BUDGET FINANCE UK
TEL:+44 703 194 6935
FAX:+44 703 174 9433
EMAIL:wrightwayne@budgetfinance.org


PLEASE, WHEN CONTACTING YOUR CLAIMS AGENT QUOTE THE FOLLOWING -
1)REF NUMER: UKNL/09/32874/M6/5921.
2)FULL NAMES:
3)TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS:
4)MAILING ADDRESS:
5)COPY OF PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE
6)AGE:

THIS IS THE PRIZE WINNING IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ATTACHED TO YOUR E-MAIL. FAILURE TO DO THIS WILL INVALIDATE
YOUR WINNING.


PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ASSIGNED CLAIMS AGENT.


PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT SECURITY INFORMATION!

TO AVOID LOSS OF WINNINGS, KEEP THIS EMAIL AND IT'S CONTENTS CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY FILED
YOUR CLAIM FOR YOUR WINNING(S). CONTACT ONLY THE AGENT ASSIGNED TO YOU WITH REGARDS TO YOUR CLAIMS AND
WINNING(S).

NOTE (WARNING):

FRAUDULENT EMAILS ARE CIRCULATING CLAIMING TO BE THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY SERVICE. PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO
REPORT TO US ANY OF SUCH EMAILS YOU ENCOUNTER.
THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY SECURITY UNIT.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL UK LOTTERY BOARD.

THANK YOU,
LOTTO DIRECTOR,
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY UK.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam