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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 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")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • claimdivision11@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: financeofficer01@ny.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:26:57 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION LUCKY WINNER!!!


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: 65149/347-5647/LMO
Batch: 2637/2312-LNI/2006
Serial number: 5368/02

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1032) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program
held and officially announce today 18th of march 2006.Your e-mail address attached to the Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 12-13-25-30-45-47(bonusballno.42),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000.00(five hundred thousand pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £2,377,290 shared amongst the first three (3)jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e Match 17.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.which are America,Africa,Asia,Australia,Europe, Middle
East,and Oceania.

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that yourlucky winning number falls within our europe booklet representative office in europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of sum of £5,000,000(five hundred thousand pounds) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in europe.Our europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim
your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Please be
warned.To file for your claim, please contact ourfiduciary agent:
Name:morret david
Email:claimdivision11@netscape.net
PHONE:+44- 703-184-6394
fax number:+44-704-786-671

For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on phone number of our fiduciary agent stated in this notification e-mail.The following details are required from you to file your winning,you are advices to fill in the necessary information and should be sent to
your fiducairy agent.

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
AMOUNT WON:
DIRECT PHONE NO:
FAX NO:
NATIONALITY:
AGE:
SEX:
REF NUMBER:
BACTH NUMBER:

You are to send alongside with your option ,a medium of identification;either your drivers license or international passport should be attached.This should be carried out within the next 48 hours up on receipt of the form via fax or email attachment.Please respond to this email by making a selection from the Three options below the best for your claims.Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeksafter the receipt of previous email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.
OPTION ONE
CASH PICKUP
OPTION TWO
COURIER DELIVERY
OPTION THREE
SWIFT/TELEGRAPHIC BANK TRANSFER.

Goodluck and congratulation from all members of staff of

the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Ann Douf ( lottery coordinator)
ONLINE COORDINATOR NATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.

Note all respones shold be made to claimdivision11@netscape.com

Anti-fraud resources:

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