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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:
  • "fudiciary" (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.
  • +447045721912 (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.
  • smithgerald_1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: smith gerald <smithgerald_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:52:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: RE:{Spam?} LOTTERY UPDATE


Monday 14th March 2007. thanks to her dedicated grandparents.
British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.
LONDON
(Customer Services)

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
COPYRIGHT © 2005 ALL RIGHT RESERVED



Good day sir! The lottery board got your email, i have to use this media to tell you that i am your fudiciary agent and also agent assigned to inspect your claim. so you dont have to be suspicious of anything, i can assure you that you are with the right firm and also surpply to the lottery board all your contact informations and respond very well to the british lottery affiliate online bank.

Previouse email i have sent to you an attached copy of the zonal co-ordinator i.d card, so you are to understand that we have proove to you our ultimacy and ligetimacy. So act as instructed so that we can be through with your cliams within a couple of days.

Further more verifications, we also allow winners to come down to the lottery head office to redeem thier prize them selfs.

Endeavour to attend to us, so that we can quickly finish with your category.

further more enquires you can reach the lottery board with this below contacts


Fudiciary desk phone number{+44 70457 21912} Email: smithgerald_1@yahoo.com
Mr Smith Gerald
Fudiciary Agent











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NOTE:THAT THE FIDUCIARY DESK PHONE NUMBERS ONLY WORK DURING THE OFFICE HOURS.



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