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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 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.
  • frankwestminister@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claims_paymentagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: frank westminister frank westminister <frankwestminister@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:34:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: winning notice


The National Lottery
Shaftesbury avenue,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
For more enquiries/confirmations email:frankwestminister@yahoo.co.uk.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw (#961) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 27th March 2007. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:14-21-25-39-40-47 (bonus no.20), 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 £1,000,000 in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,000,000 shared amongst the(4)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

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 these two booklet representative office in AFRICA or EUROPE as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your £1,000,000 will be released to you by any of our payment offices either in AFRICA or Europe.
Our representative agents will immediately commence the processing of your winning documents 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.
Our Lottery company has two options of their payment via 1. Online banking system 2. Through certified check/ bank draft that will be sent to you via courier courier service 3. Through offshore security company to avoid loss or getting into wrong hands.
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:
MR.RICHARD DAVIES.
Official Email:claims_paymentagent@yahoo.co.uk
Endeavour to email your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax numbers immediately.
Congratulations once again fromall our members and staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY UK.
Yours faithfully,
MR FRANK WESTMINISTER.
Online coordinator for:
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY UK
Sweepstakes International Program.

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