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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")
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +447024017646 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447092871865 (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.
  • claimsagentuk_1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY." <payoffice06@ny.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:13:09 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION'S ON YOUR AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#1032) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held and officially announced today the 13th Of July 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to the Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:12-13-25-30-45-47(bonus ball no.42), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 6.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,792,430(One million, seven hundred and ninety two thousand, four hundred and thirty pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £5,377,290 shared amongst the first three (3) jackpot 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, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Europe booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,792,430(One million, seven hundred and ninety two thousand, four hundred and thirty pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our Europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact them. 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. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR MICHAEL LEXINGTON

Email:claimsagentuk_1@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE:+447024017646
+447024017651
+447024079375
Fax: +447092871865

For verification of your claims, Please call on the above phone number of our fiduciary agent written on this notification e-mail. The following details are required from you to file your winning; you’re advices to fill in the necessary information and should be sent to your fiduciary agent.

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
AMOUNT WON:
DIRECT PHONE NO:
FAX NO:
NATIONALITY:
AGE:
SEX:
REF NUMBER:
BACTH NUMBER:

You are to send alongside with your option, a medium of identification; either your driver’s license or international passport should be attached. This should be carried out within the next 48 hours up on receipt of the form via email attachment. Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options below the best for your claims.

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of previous email. After this period,your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

OPTION ONE
1.CASH PICK UP
OPTION TWO
2.COURIER DELIVERY
OPTION THREE
3.SWIFT/TELEGRAPHIC WIRE BANK TRANSFER.

Good luck and congratulation from all members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Queensley Smith.
ONLINE COORDINATOR NATIONAL LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.

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