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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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.
  • +447014216573 (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.
  • lottery_fiduciary_agent06@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRITISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <worldofourown003@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lottery_fiduciary_agent06@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:39:03 -0800
Subject: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD

   INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD  P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL,L70 INL
               UNITED KINGDOM           

        INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS / PRIZE AWARD

                                                                                                                                    

                        (Registration Z720633X).Date:21/10/06
CONGRATULATIONs!!!!!!!
Ref: UK/9420X/68  

Batch: 074/05/ZY369  

Dear sir/madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the British millions lottery cyber draw held on the 20th   October, 2006.Your E-mail address attached to ticket pool number 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46-)"bonus number 46. which subsequently won"you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.  you have therefore been approved a lump sum pay out of £550,000.00 GBP.

 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PONDS STERLINGS) sponsor by ECOLOGY FUND. CONGRATULATIONS!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our! Security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 Thousand Euro International lottery. 

                              HOW TO MAKE YOUR CLAIMS
All claims should be made through our agent, all you need to do to claim your prize is to visit their office with this latter along with prove of identity bearing your name and your face passport or send Email with this winning email that you have won a Ecology fund grant with ticket number state about With a lottery program files No:KTU/9023118308/03 and winning number "02-06-21-34-35-49-46." paying agent can be contacted with the following information:
******************************************************** 
Fiduciary Agent:MR STANFORD WALTERS

Office: +44-701-421-6573

Fax:+44-701-421-5455
lottery_fiduciary_agent06@yahoo.co.uk

 

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Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 27TH of November 2006. After this date 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 reference number and batch numbers! In all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.  

Sincerely yours,  

Mr. Lorenzo Lopez  

Lottery Coordinator.

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