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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: FINAL BOARD <hr00087@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:58:49 +0000
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION


The U.K. National Lottery12 Bridge Street,Staines Middlesex TW18 4TPUnited Kingdom.
Customer Service/Claims Department
Ref: Uk/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (Draw #07/1073) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International Program held on WEDNESDAY 22ND AUGUST 2007.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:01 02 16 22 26 49 15[Bonus Ball]Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £629,195.00(SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE BRITISH POUNDS ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £6,291,950.00(SIX MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BRITISH POUNDS),shared among 10 participants in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £629,195.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE BRITISH POUNDS ) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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 to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned !!!
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent via email:
Mr. RAY COLLINS Claims DepartmentThe UKNL FoundationEmail: claimsprocessing@iwon.comTel: + (44) 702 305 4705 + (44) 702 305 4707
with the following vital information:Full Name:..........................Full Address:.......................Nationality:........................Occupation:.......................Age:....................................Sex:........................................Marital status:..........................Winning numbers:......................Batch number:.............................Amount won:.............................Email address:...................................Phone number{land/mobile}:.........
so that he can commence the process of your funds remittance.
Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Warm regards,SIR PHILIP M.D SPENCER.Online Coordinator for the U.K. National Lottery.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERYCOPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHT RESERVED


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