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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447024039725 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "robhj" <robhj@manx.net>
Reply-To: freelottoagentuk@msn.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:46:02 +0100
Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT 2006!!

REF Number: SW/90/0021/7896/56
THE FREE LOTTO INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
THE FREE LOTO WEBSITE: www.freelotto.com
RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "B" DRAWS

Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results
of the Second Category draws of THE FREE LOTTO PROMO INT.
We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner
under the Second Category, which is part of our promotional draws.
The draws are being officially announced. Participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses
of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 46939, with serial
number 472-9768 drew the lucky numbers 1, 12, 30,34,36,40 (23) and
consequently won in the Second Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000
(One Million Pounds), which is the winning payout for Category
B winners.This is from a total cash prize of 10,000,000.00 Million Pounds
shared amongs the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY FUNDS RELEASE AFFAIRS.

In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind,
we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from
public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed,
and your funds remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program.
We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com

Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing
and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
You are advised to contact the agents by Email.Failure to do so may warrant
disqualification.

NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your
Reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers
in your correspondence with your claims agent.REF Number:
SW/90/0021/7896/56 BATCH No: 34/0065/KJY To file for your claim,
please contact the fiduciary agent.

MR. Morris Brown.
Claims Processing Manager
TEL: +447024039725
FAX: +447092871710
Email: freelottoagentuk@msn.com
EMAIL: claimagentuk06@fizzmail.com

All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
MRS.CARL ALEXANDRA.
THE PROMOTION COORDINATOR,

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