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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.

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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 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.
  • +447031832822 (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.
  • fudiciaryagentfletcher@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <fudiciaryagentfletcher@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:14:49 -0400
Subject: DRAW #966 WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
20 A'BECKETS AVENUE
PALDWICK, BOGNOR REGIS,
WEST SUSSEX, PO21 4LX
UNITED KINGDOM
Ref: UK/9420X2/688
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
18-08-2006.

DRAW #966 WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UNITED KINGDOM HIGHSTAKE ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 1st AUGUST 2006.Your e-mail address attached
to ticket number: 89475656545 112 with Serial number 4366/78 drew the lucky numbers: (23)-(00)-(23)-(28)-(89)bonus # (45).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 250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings)in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of 1,000,000 shared amongst the first four(5)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 bimonthly. 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 your250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you by our affiliate Forwarding security 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

To file for your claim, please contact our security/fiduciary agent:
*************************************************************
Name of Agent: Mac Fletcher
City/Country: London, United Kingdom.

Email: fudiciaryagentfletcher@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone:+447031832822
+447031832823

You are also advised to provide him with the under listed

information
as soon as possible:
1. Name in full
2. Address
3. Nationality
4. Age
5. Occupation
6. Phone/Fax

Note that all winning must be claimed within the specified time

frame
of the lottery process time. After this period,
all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your WINNING
NUMBER in all correspondence.
Yours faithfully,
K.Richard.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND THE SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY UK.we remain At your disposal, CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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