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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:

• 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.
  • +447031942862 (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.
  • agentlarrywhite6@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: Richardklloyds Promo <richardklloyds@richardklloydspromo.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:46:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Contact Accredited Agent !!!


The UK National Lottery
Thames mead,
London, L70 1NL,
United Kingdom.
P.O Box 1010.

From: The Office of the Online Coordinator
Promotions/Prize Award Department
UK National Lottery Sweepstakes' International.

PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
for
Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded final draws (#1068) of the United Kingdom National Lottery International Online Sweepstakes program held on Saturday 15th July, 2006 which is now available for claims. Your participation for this online lottery was selected from your Email Domain and your Email address luckily won the raffle ticket that entered you for the raffle draw whose results has just been released.

This online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.
The UK National lottery is sponsored by the British Government and is approved by the British Gaming Board and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

We choose this method of winning notification to our winners to promote the use of the internet and e-mail. The Principals and employees of the UK National Lottery and its respective Parents, subsidiaries and their immediate families are not eligible.

NOTE: NO TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR THIS ONLINE PROMOTION, WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED WITH YOUR REF NUMBER AND BATCH NUMBER TO IDENTIFY YOU.

After the automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the Match 5 plus bonus category with the following winning informations:
WINNING INFORMATION
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Reference Number: UK/9420X2/68
Ticket number: 56475600545188
File Number: KTU/9023118308/03
Serial Number: 5368/02

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of #750,000 (Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of #16,500,000 shared amongst the (22) lucky winners in your winning category "Match 5 plus".

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be remitted to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
It is our standard practice to allocate accredited agents for the processing of claims application. In other to claim your #750,000 (Seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) prize winning, you are required to fill out the (VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM) below and send it to our under listed licensed and accredited Fiduciary agent via fax or email for proper legal verifications. It is also imperative that you call our fiduciary agent with the official telephone number below.

Accredited Fiduciary Agent: Mr. Larry White.
Tel: +44-703-194-2862
Fax: +44- 870-479-6344
Email: agentlarrywhite6@aim.com

VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
Full Names:
Present Address:
Present Country.:
Telephone No:
Email Address:
Occupation.:
Age.:
Gender.:
Nationality.:
Amount Won:

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
a.) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process; therefore you have limited time to claim your winnings. Failure to claim your winning within the stipulated time frame will lead to the forfeiture of your winnings after which your winning funds will be added to next winning draws. You are therefore advice to complete the VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM and send it immediately to our accredited Fiduciary agent through email or fax for prompt collection of your winning funds.

b.) Due to our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants or impersonators, you are advised to keep your winning details of this award personal/confidential from any third party till your claims have been processed and your funds remitted to you, as any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

***Your Winning Informations Should be released only to your accredited Fiduciary agent for legal and security reasons !!!

Once again do accept my hearty congratulations on behalf of the staffs and members of the UK national Lottery Online Sweepstakes International program !!!

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Richard K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for The UK National Lottery
Sweepstakes International Program.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email and any files that may be attached to it, is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual or entity (is) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of NATIONAL LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to concern finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).

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