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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 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.
  • ben_morgan224@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: benny_max2000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:38:15 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hello?=

BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL



14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034





GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
BRITISH LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF:
(Registration Z720633X).







Dear,Sir/Madam,
SUBJECT: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!:

This is to inform you that your email address has won the british lottery
which
was held on 11th Tursday July 2006 .your email with serial number 5388/02

, ticket number564 75600545 188 , lucky number 80 056 849 18 and bonus
number
17 hit the jackpot .



In cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN.This is from a total cash
prize of
£500,000.00{Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings}shared
among the {10} lucky winners in this category i.e January
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 union associations and
corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British
booklet representative office in London as indicated in our play coupon.
In view of this, your £500,000.00
{Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings}
would be released to you by our affiliate Forwarding service in London.
Our 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 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.
For the immediate release of your funds you are to contact the fiduciary
agent;


***************************************************************

Name:Mr Ben Morgan

E-mail:contact: ben_morgan224@yahoo.com

Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

***************************************************************



sincerely

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Teresa Cole
Lottery Coordinator.


The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated with, associated
with or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc or The National Lottery
Commission.

Material Copyright © 2006 The Lottery Co. Ltd. ?

WARNING!!! ANY MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS
SHOULD BE FOWARDED TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM
AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATE

LUCKY WINNER LINDA MICKEY


LUCKY WINNER LINDA MICKEY TOOK HOME A GRAND PRIZE OF £500,000.





George Ganat
of Wilmington
WINNER OF
£500,000

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