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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:

• 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")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447092870568 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447024034397 (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.
  • contact_ukclaimsdept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO." <chandlerfug@charter.net>
Reply-To: prizeawardddepartment@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:46:38 -0700
Subject: Congratulations!Your E-mail Address Won In our Sweepstakes.



The UK National Lottery,
P.O.Box 200,
Harrogate,
HG1 2YR,
England,
United Kingdom.

WINNING INFORMATIONS:
Ref: UKNL/809/06
Batch: C/02/36
Draw Date: 21/10/2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the Draw (#671) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online International UK National Lottery program held on Saturday 21th,
october 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 78945327856619 with
Serial number 445/02 drew the Winning Numbers:15,18,23,31,37,49(bonus
No.38), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e.
Match 3 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.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,750,000.00
(One Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling) in cash
credited to your file. This is from a total cash prize of
£20,350,000.00,shared amongst the Winners with different amount won in this category i.e. Match 3 plus bonus.

To file for your claim, Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for
VALIDATION.

******************************************************************
Mr Anthony Flower.
Foreign Service Manager,
Claims and Release Order Department,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: + 447024034397
Fax: +447092870568
Email:contact_ukclaimsdept@yahoo.co.uk

******************************************************************
In line with our claims validation and verification, do endeavour to
email them your winning informations for immediate processing,
verification and legalization of claims in order for payment to be made to you as
required, in accordance with our payout policy.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Angelina Woodgate (Mrs)
Online Coordinator for THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
www.national-lottery.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam