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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.
  • +447011148691 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Lottery Coordinator <uknl_noticeboard32@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <uknl_claimsdept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 04:01:20 +0000
Subject: Final Notification/Verification Form



The U.K. National Lottery12 Bridge Street,Staines Middlesex TW18 4TPUnited Kingdom. Customer Service/Claims DepartmentRef: LSUK/2031/8161/05Batch: R3/A312-59 ONLINE LOTTERY WINNING NOTICE With pleasure The UK National Lottery, organizers of the UK National online sweepstakes promo, Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball, Lotto Hotpicks and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw #1100 of the UK National sweepstakes online International Program held on 30th January 2007 in London UK. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: ( 06 - 10 - 19 - 29 - 32 - 42 - Bonus Ball - 13 ) Which subsequently won you the jackpot prize in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £615,193.00 ( Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Three Great British Pounds ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,306,351.00 ( Four Million Three Hundred and Six Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty One Great British Pounds ), shared amongst the Seven (7) lucky winners in this category. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 9,683,912 unions, associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in England as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £615,193.00 ( Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Three Great British Pounds ) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in England. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem it fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements and most importantly for your own security. Our British 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 claim 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 contact our fiduciary agent via email: MR. WILLIAM PAGE.Claims DepartmentThe UKNL FoundationEmail: uknl_claimsdept@yahoo.co.ukTel: +44 701 114 8691 You are required to provide him with the following details for email screeninig and verification purposes: 1. Full Name:2. Address:3. Marital Status:4. Occupation:5. Age:6. Sex:7. Nationality:8. Country of Residence:9. Telephone Number (Mobile/Home/Office):10. Email Address:11. Draw Number:12. Amount Won: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondence with our designated agent or us. Congratulations once more from all members and staff of the UK National Lottery. Thank you for being part of our promotional sweepstakes program. WARNING: You might receive similar emails from people who will be asking for your personal informations, if they are not from us please diregard it as they will be using that means to get your information which they would want to use to impersonate you and claim your winnings, we have been witnessing similar cases, be warned. Warm regards, Mark K. DulleOnline Coordinator for the U.K. National Lottery. Copyright 1994-2007 The U.K. National Lottery.
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