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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:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447024070596 (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.
  • ukonlinenationallotterydraw@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fiduciarydept_jamesknott@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UKNATIONALONLINE LOTTERY <ukonlinenationallotterydraw@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 08:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ***CONGRATULATIONS YOUR HAVE WON*** THE UK LOTTERY PROMOTION**********


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ukonlinenationallotterydraw@yahoo.com





FROM: UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:

P O Box 1010 Liverpool,

L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER



BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION



Dear Lucky Winner,



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded

annual

final draws of UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY International Lottery

Programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive

list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked

by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:



REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937

BATCH No: 2005MJL-01

TICKET No: 20511465463-7644

SERIAL No: S/N-00168

LUCKY No: 887-13-865-37-10-83



You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize

of £900,000 Pounds (Nine Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) each from

the total payout. Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail

address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited oversea claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:



To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent;

Overseas Claims Unit

United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary

Contact Person: Mr. James Knott

Email: Fiduciarydept_jamesknott@yahoo.co.uk

Phone Number:+447024070596

OR +447024070596



Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You

are to keep all lotto information away from the general public

especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a

case of

double claims will not be entertained). Please note; you are hereby

advice to send the asignned Fudiciray Agent details below for

Processing of

your Claims;



(1). FULL NAME

(2). FULL ADDRESS

(3). NATIONALITY

(4). DATE OF BIRTH

(5). OCCUPATION

(6). ANNUAL INCOME

(7). WINNING EMAIL

(8). TELEPHONE NUMBER

(9). DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION

(10). SEX

(11). TOTAL AMOUNT WON

(12). MARITAL STATUE



Send Reply to the processing agent:- Fiduciarydept_jamesknott@yahoo.co.uk

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for

being part of our promotional program.



CONGRATULATIONS!!!



At your disposal, we remain.



Sincerely Yours,

Bertron Hill

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM



NOTE: Anybody under the age of 17 and members of the affiliate

agencies

are automatically not allowed to participate in this program

- UK NATIONAL ONLINE LOTTERY

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