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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:
  • "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.
  • +447031915877 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448715049411 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Terry Desk <terrydesk506uk@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <terrydesk@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 13:59:36 +0200
Subject: Mr. Terry Bledsoe



Mr. Terry BledsoeTHE UK NATIONAL LOTTERYP O BOX 1010LIVERPOOL, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)ef No: UK/9420X2/56Batch No: 074/05/ZY36R5WINNING NOTIFICATIONWe happily announce to you the draw (#176) of the UK NATIONALLOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 07th June2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:76465611646 166 withSerial number 368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 11-16-17-22-34 (lucky star05), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus lucky star. You have therefore been approved to claim a totalsum of £259,708.40 (Two Hundred And Fifty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred And Eight Pounds Forty Cents)in cash credited to file KTU/7023118308/04.This is from a total cash prize of 2,077,667.20 shared amongst the Eight(08)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus lucky star.All participants for the online version were selected randomly fromWorld Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over167 8750 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned todifferent ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selectionprocess was carried out through random selection in our computerizedemail selection machine (TOPAZ).This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winningnumber falls within our European booklet representative office in Europeas indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £259,708.40 (Two Hundred And Fifty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred And Eight Pounds Forty Cents) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitatethe release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For securityreasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims 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 is toavoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent.Fudiciary Agent: Mr. Terry BledsoeOfficial Email: terrydesk@aim.comTel: +44-703-191-5877Fax: +44-871-504-9411NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers. Endeavour to go to ouronline result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prizebreakdown:- http://national-lottery.co.uk/p/results.doCongratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONALLOTTERY.Yours faithfully,Mr.Richard K. LloydOnline coordinator for THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program.
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