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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +447023057118 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "WINNERS NOTICE" <notice_9@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 09:30:16 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION, YOU HAVE WON THE "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY"!!!!!





THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369



NEW YEAR DRAW BTL NOTIFICATION DESK

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are happily announce to you the draw (#994) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 17th may, 2006. It
is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards
this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 1037 drew the lucky numbers:

(bonus no.04), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £647,516 { Six
hundred and fortyseven thousand five hundred and sixteen Great Britain
pounds Sterlings} in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from
a total cash prize of £1,770,192 {one million seven hundred and seventy
thousand one hundred and ninty two Great Britain pounds sterlings} was
approved for the(12)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6 plus
bonus.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.
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 £3,183,917 {one million one hundred and eightythree thousand nine
hundred and seventeen Great Britain pounds Sterlings}will be released to you
by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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 your fudiciary agent and call him
immediately for verification

Barr. Luis Santiago
Phone number: +44 7023057118
+44 7031946257
Fax number: +44 7092867268
Official Email:claimagent_barrsmith@o2.pl
Endeavour to email/fax him your full names, winning numbers,email/billing
address,telephone and fax numbers immediately. Congratulations from me and
members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Susan Moore
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.


Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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