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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:
  • "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.
  • +447045711919 (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.
  • uklotto_onlinecontact@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ONLINE LOTTERY" <grand@bgnet.bgsu.edu>
Reply-To: uklotto_onlinecontact@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:21:22 -0400
Subject: Your Email Has Won =?iso-8859-1?b?ozEsNTAwLDAwMA==?=


FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We happily announce to you the draw (#1118) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 9th
of April 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:02-15-21-37-43-46(bonus No.36), 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 £1,500,000
(one million five hundred thousand great british pounds sterling) in
cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £10,500,000 shared amongst
the first seven (7) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 5 plus
bonus.
In view of this, your £1,500000 (one million five hundred thousand
great britain 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.
To file for your claim, please contact your claims agent:
Name: Mr. Steven Blair
Email: uklotto_onlinecontact@yahoo.co.uk
Hot Line: +447045711919
Once again congratulations.
Yours faithfully,
KELVIN GRAHAM
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:
Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly
processed and settlement made upon certification.
Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space
provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate
commencement
of your claims process.
*Name of Beneficiary ----------------------
*Address: ---------------------------------
*City/State:-------------------------------
*Nationality:-------------------------
*Sex------------
*Email Address: ---------------------------
*Tel: -------------------------------------
*Occupation:------------------------
*Annual Income:-----------------------
*Next of Kin:--------------------------------
*Choose your Password: ------------------------
(This will be your password throughout your claim process,
this is to avoid double claims)
*Age: ----------------------------
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:-------------------------------
*In Words: --------------------------------
*Lucky Nos:--------------------------------
*Ticket No: -------------------------------

OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
Confirmed by: ________________
FUDICIARY AGENTS SIGNATURE:________________
Yours faithfully,
MR KELVIN GRAHAM.
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
FUDICIARY AGENTS SIGNATURE:________________
Yours faithfully,
MR KELVIN GRAHAM.
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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