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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "fudiciary" (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 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.
  • emmanuelloiseau_agent77@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "btlemmanuelloiseau2" <btlemmanuelloiseau2@terra.com.mx>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:11:54 -0600
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON !!!


British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 Shefield ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304


WINNING
NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the BRITISH NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 1st June,2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 21 23 28 40 48 26(bonus
no.),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 £250,000 (Two
Hundred And Fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £10,000,000 shared
amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5
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 until the end of the year.
(31/12/2006)

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play
coupon.
(5647560054) In view of this, your £250,000 (Two Hundred And Fifty
thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our
payment
offices in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent and Provide
him
with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Draw Number above:
12.Annual income:

Mr. Emmanuel Loiseau
Email:emmanuelloiseau_agent77@yahoo.co.uk
( Fudiciary Agent)

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam