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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:

• 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")
• 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.
  • 00447031841502
• 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.
  • info_mmcclarkeconsultant@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "British National Lotteries Commission" <switzcommission2010jhb@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:52:52 +0100
Subject: Online British Lottery Winning Notification.

 

British Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service Dept:
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON. LONDON
Ref: BTL/EU/491OXI/UK/06
Batch: KCP12/25/0304

31st March 2006
             
Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of the Online British International Lotteries programs held on the 31st March 2006 in London, United Kingdom. Your E-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial Number 886/04 drew the Lucky Winning Numbers: 07-13-20-27-33-36/48, which subsequently won you the fund in the 2nd Category of this lottery. You are therefore, been Approved to claim a Total Sum of US$2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred  Thousand United States Dollars) in Cash credited to Ref. File: BTL/EU/491OXI/UK/06. This is from the Total Cash prize of US$125 Million Dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) Lucky Winners in this category.

Last year's Lottery Program Jackpot was the largest ever for the Online British International Lotteries program. The estimated US$125 Million Jackpot would be the Sixth biggest in the Worldwide Online British Lottery history. The biggest was the US$365 Million Jackpot that went to 25 Winners in a May last year drawing of "The Big Game Mega Millions predecessor".

Please note that your Lucky Winning Numbers failed within our London  European Booklet Representative Office in United Kingdom as indicated in our Play Coupon. In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our Fiduciary Agent  in London. Our Agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your fund together with the Award Certificate and the Bank Transfer Documents to you as soon as you make contact with him through his office contact details.

All the participants and Lucky Winners of this fund were selected randomly from the Worldwide Business and/or Trade Journals, Web-Site & Email addresses through Computer Super Draw System and extracted from over 1.000.000 (One Million) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations names as listed from their various Country's Trade and Investment Journals in their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, North - South and Central America for this Lottery award. This promotion takes place annually. 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 to avoid double claims amongst other anticipated glitches that may and could lead to your prize being revoked and diverted to another person. "Please be Warned". To file for your claim, kindly contact our Fiduciary Agent with the below details for the processing of your claims:

1).  Beneficiary's Names in Full:
2).  Residential Address:

3). City/State:

4). Business/Company's Name:

5). Occupation/Profession:

6). Tel/Moblie Phone/Fax Number:
7).  Gender:

8). Age:
9).  Nationality:

10). Next of Kin:
11).  Ref. File No:
12).  Batch Number:
13).  Serial No:
14).  Ticket Numbers:
15).  Winning Prize Amount:
16). Notification Date:

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  AGENT: MR. MAHONEY  McCLARKE 
 20 C1 RAWTHORN ROAD, LONDON
ED2 3GB UNITED KINGDOM
Email: info_mmcclarkeconsultant@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 0044-703-1841502 
                    Fax:   0044-870-1346830            

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, kindly quote your Ref. File Numbers in any  of your correspondences with us or our designated Agent. Congratulations once more from all the Members & Staffs of the  Online British International Lotteries Board Commission of this program. Thanking you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely Yours,

Mrs Julia Howards.
(Online British Int'l Zonal Co-ordinator Sec)

                           

   Mrs. Julia Howards    Dr. WoodSmith  Andrew    Mr. Richardson M.  Rudolf          
(Zonal Co-ordinator Sec.)       (Board Member)             (Zonal Co-ordinator)

 

          

  

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All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

 

     

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Pictures of Lottery Jackpot Winners

 Online British International Lottery Claimers from 

 London, United Kingdom waiting for last Year's US$365 Million Jackpot.

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