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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "claims office" (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.
  • +447045720970 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704753453 (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.
  • online_webclaims007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Lloyds <uknl87631@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <online_webclaims007@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:32:29 -0600
Subject: Contact Our Accredited Agent.



UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.12 Bridge Street, Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP United Kingdom.Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04Batch: R3/A312-59
We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement today, 12th of August, 2007 of winners of the BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOPROGRAMME, held on the 13th of August, 2007.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £600,000,00(Six Hundred and
Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file.This is from a total cash prize of£5,520,000,00(Five Million, five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds Sterling) shared amongst
the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5plusbonus.All participants of this online promotion programme were selectedrandomly from numerous World Wide Web sites through computer
draw system and extracted from close to 125,000 unions,associations and corporate bodies listed online.
Your assigned claims agent will immediately commence theprocessto facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you,contact him via Email below. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
OVERSEA CLAIMS OFFICEFudiciary Agent,Charles GarwoodTel: +44 704 572 0970Fax: +44 870 475 3453Email:online_webclaims007@yahoo.co.uk
Provide him with the information below:1.Full Name: 6.Sex:2.Full Address: 7.Nationality:3.Marital Status: 8.Country Of Residence:4.Occupation: 9.Telephone Number:5.Age: 10.Winning Email:
For due processing and remittance of your prize money.Congratulationsonce more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you forbeing part of our online promotional lottery program.
Yours Truly,Mr Richard Lloyds.Co-ordinator(Online Promo Programme).
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