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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")
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447031904970 (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.
  • prize-claim@winning.com
  • lottery-info@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "National-Lottery Commission" <nat-uk-14@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:25:31 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON THE LOTTERY AWARD 2006

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

HEADQUARTERS: 1A, CANADA SQUARE CANARY WHARF, LONDON E14 5DT, UNITED KINGDOM

REFERENCE Nº: EGS/2251256003/03
BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD

AWARD NOTIFICATION

Flash Budget Finance Lottery of British International Lottery Program wishes
to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery program by
the British International Lottery Program held on 12 August, 2006. Your
email account was selected as a winner of Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds Only (£550,000.00).

This result is now made available to you and your email address attached to
Ticket # 044595 in the Category A bonus ball 10, 18, 22, 35, 28, 35, and
bonus ball 43. Participants were selected through a computerized ballot
system drawn from company and individual email addresses users.

We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your
claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. For the release of your winnings, kindly contact your claim agent
with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

1. Full name and address…………………………………………………………
2. Country of Residence…………………………………………………………
3. Tel and fax number……………………………………………………………
4. Occupation……………………………………………………………………

To begin your claim, you will need to contact the Interactive Contact Centre
on prize-claim@winning.com to validate your claim. Any Prize not claimed
within the period set out in the Rule will be forfeited and the relevant
Prize will be transferred to the National Lottery Distribution Fund or the
Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund, as the case may be.

TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES
Tel: +44 703 190 4970
Complaints or comments should be directed to the above number.

E-MAIL
Lottery-info@london.com

All queries will be answered within two working days and the office is not
open over the weekends. Only online orders will be processed.
Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference
and Batch numbers in all correspondence. Congratulations for emerging the
lucky winner from all our staff.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. David Kelley
(Information and Promotion Manager)

NOTE: Claiming your winnings.
© Copyright © 1994-2006 The Flash Budget Finance Lottery International
Program Inc.If your prize is up to £75, you can claim it in cash from any
National Lottery retailer. All you've got to do is give them your winning
ticket to validate through their Lottery terminal. The terminal will then
produce a validation slip which will show the value of your prize. Check
this against the amount paid out and return it to the retailer. At their
discretion, all retailers can pay prizes up to £200 in cash. Some National
Lottery retailers are authorized to pay prizes of up to £500. National
Lottery Post Offices will pay out prizes of up to £150,000, though prizes
over £10,000 will be paid by cheque. Anything above £150,000 must be claimed
from a National Lottery Regional Centre or via any of our fiduciary agents
and will be paid by cheque or direct bank transfer (no cash is held on
office premises). If your email address is selected as winner, please call
us immediately or the appointed fiduciary claims agent for assistance in
claiming your prize and the appointed fiduciary agents will be willing to
assist you. To claim any prize above £500, you will have to complete a Claim
Form and give proof of your identity. If you are claiming a large prize,
additional checks on your winning ticket and email address may be conducted.
All National Email Lottery prizes must be claimed by 11.59pm, 14 days after
the winning draw.

You must be 16 or over to claim a prize

Copyright © 1994-2006 The Flash Budget Finance Lottery
International Program Inc
all rights reserved. Terms of Service -
Guideline

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individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information
that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If
you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any
dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated
with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message
in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and
deleting it from your computer. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed
to be secured or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted,
lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore,
we do not accept responsibility for any errors or omissions that are present
in this message, or any attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail
transmission. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author
and do not necessarily represent those of the company.

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