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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.
  • +447031870750 (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.
  • agenthenrycole@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <uknationalottery@mailbox.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 19:55:12 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/6000K2/2006
Batch: 133/06/KF543

BTL NOTIFICATION DESK

We happily announce to you the draw (#1076) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 15 April,
2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:900873490412 999 with
Serial number 2000/06 drew the lucky numbers: 07 15 19 23 37 48 bonus
number 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 £1,184,289(One
Million One hundred and Eighty Four thousand Two Hundred and Eighty
Nine British pounds sterling) in cash credited to file GTY/7634198542/06.

This is from a total cash prize of £4,737,156 shared amongst the (4)
lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6.
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, individuals, 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 and your paying bank will be from
our African Representative as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £1,184,289(One Million One hundred and Eighty
Four thousand Two Hundred and Eighty Nine British pounds sterling) would
be released to you by our representing bank in South Africa upon
clearance and clarification from 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 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 double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent Mr. HENRY
COLE, with the filled verification form:

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES:
2.ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.MARITAL STATUS:
6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8.TELEPHONE:
9.Fax NUMBER:
10.REFERENCE NUMBER:
11.TICKET NUMBER:
12.SERIAL NUMBER:
13.AMOUNT WON:
14.WINNING NUMBER:
15. STATE:
16. COUNTRY:

Mr. HENRY COLE.
Direct Email: agenthenrycole@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number: +447031870750

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-https://www.national-lottery.co.uk
click at results, then click draw history, then check your date 15
April for your breakdown.
NOTE: For security reasons email addresses of winners are not disclosed
to avoid multiple claims.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Richard Bricks

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.

Anti-fraud resources:

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