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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.
  • +447011121674 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "livepromotion" <livedraws_uklottery@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:22:52 -0700
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYC /26500460037/08
Batch: 74/00319/IPD
FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION
Dear lucky winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (1068) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 11th October 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:07-10-22-24-34-44 (Bonus number 18), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e, match 6. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,532,137 (Two million, Five hundred and Thirty Two Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Seven pounds sterling) in cash credited to file XYC /26500460037/08.
This is from a cash prize of £2,532,137 (Two million, Five hundred and Thirty Two Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Seven pounds sterling) obviously to be taken by you, as the only winner in this category i.e. Match 6.. All Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programmer conducted twice weekly to encourage prospective overseas entries. The Internet emailing ideal was used, since most people are not able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.
This promotion takes place twice weekly (Wednesdays and Saturday). The idea of this promotion is that within ten years from now, there will be notable richness amongst many unusual people around the world. This will give many people the opportunity to get their lives to a stage where they had always wanted. Kindly note that you will only be chosen in this online email promotions once, which means that subsequent weekly winnings will not get to you again, so its your choice to spend the funds wisely on something that will last you a long time. And please do not border following up this email, if you have benefited from this donation in previous years.
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 £2,532,137 (Two million, Five hundred and Thirty Two Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty Seven pounds sterling) will be released to you by our payment office in UK.
Our Fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery double claim detected by our monitoring committee will lead to the Uk national lottery canceling the winnings. Making a loss for both the real winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.

To file for your claim, fill the winner verification form below and forward to the fiduciary agent immediately via email.
Agents Name: Smith Stanford
Email: claimsdirectuk@aol.co.uk
Phone: +447011121674
Fax: +448704798433

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1.FULL NAMES: __________________________________
2.ADDRESS: _____________________________________________
3.SEX: _______________
4.AGE: ________
5.MARITAL STATUS: ___________________
6.OCCUPATION: ___________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: _____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
9.LOTTO NUMBERS: ____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:____ __________
10.TICKET NUMBER: ___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER: __________________
12.AMOUNT WON: ___________________________________
13. STATE: __________________________________
14. COUNTRY________________________________
Warning! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be using
National Lottery addresses, but are not from The National Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT
Once again congratulations...
Cordially,
Sir George Arisson Online Co-ordinator
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
2006 Uk National Lottery. All rights reserved

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