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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")
  • "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 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.
  • +447043013374 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709137612 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • fidedmund@weedmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • customercare_uk_lottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: EDMUND RICE <fidedmund@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: fidedmund@weedmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:17:31 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


The National Lottery
P O Box 1290
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/70
Batch: 074/05/ZY345
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#1078) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Saturday 6th May 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted twice in a week to encourage prospective overseas entries. The internet emailing idea was used, since most people do are not able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw (#1078) selected your name and email address attached to e-ticket number: 56475612545 187 with Serial number 5368/03 drew the lucky numbers: 07-15-19-23-37-48(Bonus Ball 45) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. Match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £763,392 (Seven Hundred And Sixty Three Thousand, Three Hundred And Ninety Two Great Britain Pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.This is from a total cash prize of £4,580,352 (Four Million, Five Hundred And Eighty Thousand, Three Hundred And Fifty Two Great Britain Pounds) shared amongst 6 lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6.

Your prize award has been insured in your email and is ready for claims. To begin your claims, you are advised to expeditiously contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory obligations has 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 as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £763,392 (Seven Hundred And Sixty Three Thousand, Three Hundred And Ninety Two Great Britain Pounds) will be released to you by our fiduciary agent in UK. Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period may be forfeited to the pool without further notice.

Our payment unit will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and this information below for quick verifications and release of funds between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Sunday.

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. Any lottery double claim detected by our monitoring committee will lead to the UK national lottery cancelling the winnings making a loss for both the real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.
Below you will find a Documentation Form, requesting your particulars.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY DOCUMENTATION FORM

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
ADDRESS: _________________________________________________
CITY: _________________________
STATE: __________________________________ ZIP: _____________________
PHONE: __________________________________
COUNTRY________________________________
SEX: _______________
AGE: __________________
MARITAL STATUS: _________________
OCCUPATION: ________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
NATIONALITY_________________________

You are required to fill and submit the above particulars to our Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit with the below email address.

Overseas Claims/United Kingdom Payment Unit
Contact Person: Edmund Rice
Email: fidedmund@weedmail.com
Phone: +44-7043013374
Fax: +44 870 913 7612

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, I remain.
Very Truly Yours,

Sir Jonathan Chambers.
Lottery Co-ordinator.
P O Box 1290
London, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National Lottery.PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO: CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:customercare_uk_lottery@yahoo.co.uk

Note: You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize.

© 2006 UK National Lottery. All rights reserved.

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