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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")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024014894 (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.
  • smith_alvin774@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uk lotterrry" <uklotterrry142@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: smith_alvin774@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:57:12 -0700
Subject: AWARD BRITISH NOTIFICATION DESK

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKNL/05/8256/53219/QE327
Batch: UKNL5/A115-07


RE/AWARD BRITISH NOTIFICATION DESK

Dear Lucky Winner,
We are happily announce to you the new year draw (#994) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on friday 13th, 
Sept, 2006. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final
NOTIFICATION as regards this.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial
number 1037 drew the lucky numbers:



(bonus no.04), 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 £1,500,000
(one
million five hundred thousand great British pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£10,500,000 shared amongst the first seven (7) 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 weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £1,500,000 (one
million
five hundred thousand Great Britain pounds sterling) would be released
to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe. Our European 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 fiduciary Agent:



To file for your claim, please contact your fudiciary agent and call
him
immediately for verification

Barrister.Smith alvin. 
Rean Consultants Lawfirm & Schmidtz Associates
(Solicitors Advocates & Arbitrators)
TEL: +447024014894
+447024074587

Official Email:smith_alvin774@yahoo.com.hk
Fudiciary Agent


Endeavour to email/fax him your full names, winning
numbers,email/billing
address, telephone and fax numbers immediately. Congratulations from me
and
members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Dave Wallace.
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International

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