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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447005961407 (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.
  • edward_fidu_dept@web2mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ukhqs2007@terra.es" <ukhqs2007@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 05:22:03 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: +18-05-2007/PAYMENT INFORMATION



UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE
28 TANFIELD ROAD, CROYDON.LONDON

UKNATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AWARD NOTIFICATION
Our Ref: BTL/5003X04/TXC/07
Batch No:7/071/170417
Date: 16TH MAY, 2007

TO WINNER IN OUR PROGRAM
We happily announce to you the draw of the UK Lottery International
Programs held on the 21st Febraury, 2007.
Your e-mail address attached to Ticket number: 03TXO/PJQ/307/3 with
Serial number 1143/03 drew the lucky numbers: 3 - 35 - 39 - 42 - 44 -
48- 41 , which subsequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You
are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £ 263,783.00
whichis equivalents ofUS$ 519,256.84( Five Hundred and Nineteen Thousand,
Two Hundred and Fifty- Six US Dollars, Eighty-Four Cent) in cash
credited to file PC/7237909/KTU This is from a total cash prize of
£11,037,849.00 pounds Shared amongst the first Six (6) lucky winners
in this Grand category "B", shared amongst the first

Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.
This year Email computer balloting Program Jackpot is the largest ever
for UK Lottery .The estimated £11,037,849.00 pounds Shared amongst the
first Six (6) lucky winners in this Grand category "B" jackpot would be
the sixth biggest in the European history. The biggest was the $363
million jackpot that went to two winners in this year drawing of The
Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play
coupon.
In view of this, your £ 263,783.00 which is equivalents ofUS$
519,256.84( Five Hundred and Nineteen Thousand, Two Hundred and
Fifty- Six US Dollars, Eighty-Four Cent) would be released to you by our affiliate
bank. Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This Promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information onfidential till your claims is
Processed and you r money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to Claim your prize.

This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
Philanthropist, industrialists from the Internet hardware industry and
some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.
Please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for
processing of your claims.

Mr. Edward Ferdinard
CLAIM MANAGER EMAIL: (edward_fidu_dept@web2mail.com)
Fax: +447005961407
You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars
presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.
Ref No: BTL/8UK/OQTH/Q/08103,
Batch No: 7/071/170417
Draw number: 2007/1176
Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8.00am - 4.30pm on Monday
through Friday.

For the immediate release of your funds you are to provide the
following details to our fiduciary agent:
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................
CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................
CITY/STATE:.......................................
COUNTRY:..........................................
NATIONALITY:......................................
OCCUPATION.......................................
SEX:.......................AGE:...................
MARITAL STATUS...................................
TEL NO:...........................................
NEXT OF KIN:......................................
AMOUNT WON:.......................................
REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............
LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............
SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated
with fraudulent claims.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
At your disposal, we remain.
Very Truly Yours,
Ms Rodney Constance
Zonal co-coordinator
For: The UK National/ International Promotion's.

N.B please confirm your winning from our central lottery link
http://www.thelotter.com/LotteryResults.aspx?id=24 with your Draw
number: 2007/1176
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This communication is confidential to UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS
and is intended solely for the use of the individual or organization
to which it is addressed. It may contain privileged or confidential
information. If you have received this message in error, please notify
thoriginator immediately. If you are not the intended recipient, you
should not use, copy, alter, or disclose the contents of this message
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