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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.
  • +447035901020 (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.
  • claimsofficer600@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hayford weigel <claimsofficer600@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 20:36:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM




THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
MORTIMER HOUSE ,MORTIMER STREET,
LONDON, W1T3JH
UNITED KINGDOM.

ATTN: Winner,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR MAIL. YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS A WINNER IN THE ON-GOING 2007 UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY. I'M SO SORRY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH THE LAWYER OF AN OPHAN.

THERE ARE VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GENIUE ON THE WEB, THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO TAKE TIME TO CONFIRM IT. YOU MIGHT RECEIVE EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHO MY CLAIM TO BE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, ALL YOU NEED IS TO ASK THEM FOR THEIR LICENSE NUMBER AND VERIFICATION CODE. ALL THESE WILL BE SENT TO YOU IN YOUR NEXT MAIL. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATION FROM ALL OUR STAFFS FROM THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FORM BELOW.

VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
FULL NAMES :
AGE:
SEX:
ADDRESS:
COUNTRY:
MARITAL STATUS:
OCCUPATION:
PHONE NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
LUCKY NUMBER :
REF NUMBER:

Yours Sincerely,

MR HAYFORD WEIGEL.
( FIDUCIARY AGENT )
Email: claimsofficer600@yahoo.co.uk
Fax: +44 703-590-1020
TEL: +44 704-570-9391
+44 704-570-8111





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