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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.
  • +447031819431 (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.
  • agenthenrycole02@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK National Lottery" <aghenrycole105@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: henry_cole010@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:00:56 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification; Congratulations!!!

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9920X3/2007
Batch: 085/06/FSX07

BTL NOTIFICATION
DESK

We happily announce to you the draw (#1070) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 20 January 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:139573490206 750 with Serial
number 1395/06 drew the lucky numbers: 02 06 10 17 29 30 bonus number 09,
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 £390,591(Three
hundred and Ninety Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety One pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file ZXT/1395700117/07.

This is from a total cash prize of £3,905,910 shared amongst the (10) lucky
winners in this category i.e. Match 6. 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, individuals,
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 and your paying bank will be from our
African Representative as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your £390,591(Three hundred and Ninety thousand Five Hundred and Ninety One
pounds sterling) would be released to you by our representing bank in South
Africa upon clearance and clarification from 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. To file for your claim, please contact
our fiduciary agent Mr. HENRY COLE, with the filled verification form:

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:
9.FAX NUMBER:
10.REFERENCE NUMBER:
11.TICKET NUMBER:
12.SERIAL NUMBER:
13.AMOUNT WON:
14.WINNING NUMBER:
15.STATE:
16.COUNTRY:

Mr. HENRY COLE.
Direct Email: agenthenrycole02@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number: +44 7031819431

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize
breakdown:http://www.nationallottery.co.uk/player/p/home/homes.do

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

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Richard Bricks
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program.




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