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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (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.
  • +447045710545 (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.
  • kennykliff@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kenny kliff <kennykliff07@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:39:41 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE!


The British National Lottery
P O Box 1010
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
(Customer Services)
Ref Number: UK/9420X/05
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Ticket number: 56475600545 188
Lucky Numbers: 05,06,17,20,28,42 (Bonus33)
Dear Winner
We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of cash prize
of £ 1,200,000.00 (British Pounds) held on the 14th July
2007 in London Uk. The selection process was carried out through random
selection in Our computerized email selection
system (ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from
which you were selected. And Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers: 05, 06, 17, 20, 28, 42
(Bonus 33), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category
i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million
Two Hundred Thousand Pounds, in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £ 1,200,000.00
Million Pounds, shared amongst the (5) lucky winners
in this category i.e Match 6 plus bonus.
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the FIDUCIARY
AGENT Information Officer Mr. Richard Carpenter
who has been assigned to assist you. You are to contact him with the
following details for the release of your winnings.
==============================================
The Fiduciary Claims are below:
Mr. Richard Carpenter,
Tel: +44 704-571-0545
Email: kennykliff@yahoo.co.uk
==============================================
contact him, please provide him with the following Requirements below:
Claims Requirements:
1.Name in full------------------------------
2.Address---------------------------------
3.Nationality-------------------------------
4.Age-------------------------------------
5.Sex-------------------------------------
6.Occupation------------------------------
7.Phone/Fax------------------------------
8.Present Country------------------------
9.Date You Received This Notification-----------
=============================================
If you do not contact your claims agent within 5 working days of this
Notification, your winnings would be revoked. Winners are
advised to keep their winning details/information from the public to
avoid double claim (IMPORTANT) pending the prize claim
by Winner.
*Winner under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified. *Staff of
the British Lottery are not to partake in this Lottery.
Accept my hearty congratulations once again!
Regards
Mrs. Stella Ellis
(Group Coordinator
Note that you are not to reply to this E-mail, please contact your
Fiduciary Agent directly to start the processing of your claims
application form.


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