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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")
• 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.
  • +447024055243 (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.
  • markwinter11@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "hans vans" <vanshans13@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:45:38 +0000
Subject: Congratulations (your email has won you £750 000) ,

     The National Lottery

                                                                                                 P O Box 1010
                                                                                                Liverpool, L70 1NL
                                                                                                 UNITED KINGDOM
                                                                                               (Customer Services) 
                                                                                                 

                                                                                        15- 1- 2007
 
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Winning Numbers 31 17 8 28 55 21 BONUS: 25

                                                        WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Fri 4th Dec  2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:1416-4612-750 with Serial number 3187-17 drew the lucky numbers:31-17-8-28-55 (bonus no.25), 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  £750,000 (Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
 
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 £750,000(Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand 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 make contact.
 
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 FILL THE FORM BELOW, and send the filled form to your fiduciary agent Mr. Mark Winters via email.
 
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In order to verify your winnings, we need your particulars for record purposes. Attached here is a copy of our verifications form, please fill accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings. Once again congratulations from all the
staff.

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                                  CLAIM REQUIREMENT FORM

 

1. Full names...................................

 

2. Residential address..........................

 

3. Phone number.................................

 

4. Fax number...................................

 

5. Occupation..................................

 

6. Sex........................................

 

7. Age........................................

8. Nationality...............................

9.INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRICE COLLECTION
(A)CHEQUE
(B)DRAFT
(C)BANK TRANSFER
IF BANK TRANSFER,( Details of your account)
Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,i will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claims CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT

Agent Mark Winters.
Email 1: markwinter11@hotmail.com

 Tel: +44 702 405 5243

Yours faithfully,

Rose Wood.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

NB
You are not to reply to this email address, but you are to contact your fiduciary agent in the email above
 
- ROSE WOOD

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