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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")
  • "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.
  • +447031820734 (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.
  • uk_07claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <felixhugo058@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:47:23 +0000
Subject: YOUR EMAIL HAS WON X244,610

The U.K.National Lottery
P.O.Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL. (customer service)
Results:
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do

NOTIFICATION DESK

Attention: Email Account Holder,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1102) of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 14th March 2007.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
reference number APZ/50110-FPZA/006 and Serial number 5368/02, Batch number
XA887-2P, drew the lucky numbers: 06,19,20,38,39, Bonus 13.Which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. matches 5 plus
bonus ball .

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £244,610 (Two
Hundred and forty four Thousand Six Hundred and Ten Pounds) in cash credited
to file UKPC/9080144308/05. This is from a total cash prize of £14,858,952
(Fourteen Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred and
Fifty Two Pounds), shared amongst the 601919 with (06) lucky winners in
second category.

LOTTO PRIZE BREAKDOWN Draw 1102 Sat 17th Febuary 2007.
---------------------------------------------------------
Jackpot for this draw £4,769,907
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No of matches No of winners £s per winner Total
Match 6 3 £1,589,969
£4,769,907
Match 5 plus Bonus 6 £244,610
£1,467,660
Match 5 525 £1,747
£917,175
Match 4 30185 £66
£1,992,210
Match 3 571200 £10
£5,712,000
Totals 601919
£14,858,952
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional information Jackpot winner(s) Lucky Dip winners Machine used for
draw Ball set used
3 194342 AMETHYST 8
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All participants for the online email 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 Online promotion takes place biannually.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Oxford shire (UK) as indicated in your ballot
played coupon. In view of this, your £244,610 (Two Hundred and forty four
Thousand Six Hundred and Ten Pounds) would be released to you by any of our
payment department.

Our Fiduciary agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them.
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 and provide him
with your winning email details .remember to quote your reference numbers.

UK Lottery Fiduciary Agents:
Mr. Felix Hugo
Foreign Service Manager
Overseas Subscribers Agent
62A Islip Road Kent,
London OX2 7SP
United Kingdom

Tel : + 447-031-820-734

E-mail -: uk_07claimsoffice@yahoo.co.uk

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
"Do not reply to this email, contact the fiduciary agents above”

Yours faithfully,

Teresa Marie Roberts (Mrs.)
Online coordinator.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK Lottery International Promotion Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guideline. 77635 476378 255667460

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