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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")
• 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.
  • +27782291967 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • tonydube200@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uklotterys2006@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:18:53 -0800
Subject: UK LOTTERY

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
ONLINE MERSEY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the results of draw (#1074) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online Sweepstakes International program held on Thursday July 15th, 2006. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the FINAL NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 09-27-28-31-41-42 (bonus no.25), which subsequently won you the lottery; in the 2nd category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $550, 000, 00
(FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of $7,150,000 shared amongst the (13) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from < R>World Wide Web sites through a computer draw system, and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, web mail listings and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African office representative booklet as indicated in your NOTIFICATION. In view of this, your 550,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) will be released to you by our payment office in SOUTH AFRICA.



Our African agent attached to your draw 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 claim is processed and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned to avoid situations like this in news extract

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654977
PROCEDURES FOR CLAIMS

NON UK RESIDENT WINNERS ARE HOWEVER REQUESTED TO CONTACT OUR SOUTH AFRICAN FIDUCIARY AGENT ATTACHED TO DRAW #1074 ASAP

OUR SOUTH AFRICAN {CLAIMS DEPT}
TONY DUBE - FIDUCIARY AGENT
EMAIL: tonydube200@yahoo.com
Tel: +27-7822-91967

RESIDENT UK WINNERS ARE HOWEVER TO CONTACT THE NEAREST UK
LOTTERY INFORMATION CENTER NEAREST TO YOU;

VERIFICATION FORM
TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FROM YOUR WEBMAIL
PROVIDER AND RECORD PURPOSES, WE DO REQUIRE YOU TO SEND THESE INFORMATION TO US ASAP

REFERENCE NUMBER: Ref: UK/9420X2/68
BATCH NO: 074/05/ZY369

FULL NAME...............................................
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS..................................
FULL ADDRESS:...........................................
SEX:................................
AGE...................................
OCCUPATION.............................
TEL.......................MOBILE................
COUNTRY................................

PHONE CONTACTS ARE COMPULSORY FOR NON UK RESIDENT WINNERS. UPON RECEIPT OF THE DUELY REQUESTED DATA, YOUR PAYMENT DETAILS WILL BE FORWARDED TO YOU.

Feel free to contact any of the UK Lottery Headquarters numbers or any
of the British Information Centers for verifications and prize
breakdown:-

Congratulations on behalf of THE UK LOTTERY BOARD.

Yours faithfully,

PATRICIA K LLOYDS (Ms)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

Anti-fraud resources:

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