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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 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.
  • +447011130364 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447045725557 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: BRITISH LOTTERY <kesenaalice3@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 02:06:52 +0000
Subject: Lottery Award Notification



Lottery Award Notification I am Mrs.Alice Dobson the Online-Coordinator of the "British International Online Lottery"I do request for you to order your unclaimed prize of #1,500,000.00GBP (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling) won in an 2007 Lottery Online Programme Award(CATEGORY A WINNER).Your company or your personal e-mail address,won in the second lottery category 002.You are therefore been approved for lump sums pay out of #1,500,000.00GBP.Your email address has been attached to ticket number draws to this British International Online Lottery .To enable you claim this lottery winning prize of #1,500,000.00GBP legally as the sole beneficiary without risk you are to provide this winning information below to the fiduciary agent.REFRENCE NO:97UK/3345/005BATCH NO:23UK/76554/002For more information in regards to your winning please send an email or call the finance department below with your Batch and Refrence number toMR.PAUL WOOLDRIDGEFINANCE DEPARTMENTUK NATIONAL LOTTERY2 LANSDOWNE ROW,BERKELEY SQUARE,LONDON,W1J 6H,UNITED KINGDOM.TEL:+44 701113 0364,+44-704-572-5557FAX:+44-703-040-4118EMAIL:paulwooldridge@claimsdept.netYours faithfully,Alice Dobson(Mrs)Online Coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERYDirect email:paulwooldridge@claimsdept.net
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