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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims 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.
  • +447045708891 (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.
  • carricksmith_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Irish National Lottery Promotion <Irishnationallottery_Onlinesweepstake@web.de>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:10:24 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!




IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED L ICEN SED
IRISH WEB LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF
(Registration Z720633X).
The Irish Lottery
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1104) held March. 2007.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 20-22-23-26-31-47 (bonus
no.02),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
£850,489.00 Pounds (Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand,Four Hundred And
Eighty
Nine 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
£850,489.00
(Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand,Four Hundred And Eighty Nine 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 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 Oversea claims agent

Fudiciary Agent:Mr Carrick Smith
Official Email: carricksmith_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:carricksmith_fudiciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk]
Tel:+44704-570-8891

NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers.

You are to provide the Fudiciary Agent with the under listed
information as soon as possible:

1.FULL NAMES:..............................
2.DATE OF BIRTH:...........................
3.SEX:.....................................
4.MARITAL STATUS:..........................
5.CONTACT ADDRESS:.........................
6.COUNTRY:.................................
7.TELEPHONE NUMBER:........................
8.OCCUPATION:..............................
9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:........
10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:.................
11.WINNING NUMBER:.........................
12.REF NUMBER:.............................
13.BATCH NUMBER:...........................
14.AMOUNT WON:.............................
15ANUAL INCOME
16.HOW DO YOU FEEL AS WINNER:..............


Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE IRISH
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. James K. Lloyd
Online coordinator for THE IRISH INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program




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