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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:

• 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:
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +27736359444 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • harrisonkoll2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uklottery338@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 03:44:37 +0200
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


UK SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM


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

Batch: 074/05/ZY369
TEL: 44 7031844736
Fax: 448704780980
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#540) of the THUNDERBALL WINNING under the UK/SA NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on th of 15th April 2006.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:100-309-7482, Serial number:513-10,Batch Number:074-263-BBN, Refference Number:FLS-ZR39-825P-4, Wining Lucky
Number:
which subsequently won you in the second category price. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £50,000.00 (Fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

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 on line.

Please note that your lucky winning Refferences falls within our South african booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play
coupon. In view of this, your £50,000.00 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in South Africa.

Our South African agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.you can access the National Lottery Web-site with the following URL: http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

To file for your claim, please contact our fudiciary agent:

Mr.Harrison Koll
Email:harrisonkoll2@yahoo.co.uk
mobile:+27 736359444


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning Refferences 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 false claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.


Cynthia Paul was one of three winners to share the Lotto Rollover Jackpot , each scooping a massive £4,000,000 Pounds.


Goodluck from mOMEGACROSSING COMPANY.

NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Albert Clinton.
Online coordinator for UK/SA NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
e and members of staff of the UK/SA/

© Copyright 1994-2006 The UK/SA National Lottery Inc.

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