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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")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447031870226 (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.
  • claimsagent_jameswalker01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK-National Lottery" <brianhunt041@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsagent_jameswalker01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 04:12:52 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS...!

                                              P O Box 1010
                                             Liverpool, L70 1NL
                                            UNITED KINGDOM
                                            (CustomerServices)                 
Ref:UK/9420X2/68
Batch:074/05/ZY369
Date:26TH May,2006.
                                            
 RELIES TO:claimsagent_jameswalker01@yahoo.co.uk
                     
                NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the uk LOTTERY,online
Sweepstakes International program held 26TH May,2006. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with  Serial number 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers: 05  21  23 28  40  48   26  Bonus Ball which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus
bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of‚ £300,000
(three hundred  thousand pounds sterlings)in cash credited to file 
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of‚ £4,000,000 shared
amongst the first four(8)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.

   All participants for the online version were selected randomly from 
WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over  100,000unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotiontakes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European 
bookletrepresentative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In  view of this, your‚ £300,000 (three hundred thousand pounds
sterlings)would be released to you by any of ourpayment 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
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 our claims agent:

 

CLAIMS VERIFICATION DATA FORM (HTML FORM)
YOUR FULL NAME:.................................................
YOUR SEX:......................................................
YOUR ADDRESS:..................................................
YOUR COUNTRY:..................................................
YOUR FAX:......................................................
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:.............................................
YOUR OCCUPATION:...............................................
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:...........................................
YOUR AGE:......................................................
YOUR REF AND BATCH NUMBER:...............................................

you should send the information to our Fiduciary Agent.Mr. JAMES WALKER

Mr. JAMES WALKER  TELL:+447031870226
claimsagent_jameswalker01@yahoo.co.uk
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK National Lottery Promo.

 

Yours faithfully,
Brian Hunt
Online coordinator for uk lottery,
Sweepstakes International Program

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