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

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?uklottoservice?= <uklottoservice@o2.pl>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:15:15 +0200
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION!!!?=



BODY {font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif; background} P {margin:0px;}The United Kingdom Online Lottery Promotions,
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/06
Batch: 074/06/ZY369

Dear Lucky Winner,

LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#1138) of the UNITED KINGDOM
ONLINE LOTTERY, Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on
27th March, 2006.Participants were selected through a Computer Ballot System drawn from a Pool of over 25,000 E-mails of distinguished Professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North &amp; South America as part of our International Promotions Program conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your Prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent Lottery Jackpots.

The Result of our Computer Draw (#1138) selected your Email Address
attached to E-Ticket Number: 34212377353 244 with Serial Number 7531/09 drew the Lucky Numbers: 22.12.66.85.15.99 (Bonus No.55), which subsequently won you the Lottery in the 2nd Category. You have therefore been approved to Claim a total sum of £1,000,000( One Million Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a Total Cash Prize of £7,000,000.00 shared amongst the first (7) Lucky Winners in this Category. Your Prize Award has been insured and is ready for claims. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited Claim Agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a period of 21 days (Date of this Email inclusive) for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated Bank Account after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

This Promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky Winning Number falls within our European Booklet Representative office in Europe. In view of this, your £1,000,000(One Million Pounds
Sterling) would be released to you by any of our Payment offices in
Europe.Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.
Our Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate
the release of your Winnings as soon as you contact him. You may wish
to establish contact via E-mail with the particulars presented below
citing the Batch and Reference Numbers to this letter between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Fridays, Saturdays 10.00am - 5.00pm and Sundays 1.30pm - 5.30pm.

Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr&nbsp;Micheal Lehman
Email: lehmanfiduciary@yahoo.co.uk

Our Winners are assured of the utmost Standards of Confidentiality, and Press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.
NOTE: Anybody under the Age of 18 is Automatically Disqualified.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Mr&nbsp;Jude Buttler
Lottery Co-Ordinator.

PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS BUT TO YOUR FIDUCIARY AGENT FOR ONWARD REMITTANCE OF YOUR CLAIMS.

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