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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")
• 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.
  • +447024061967 (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.
  • terrydesk@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Terry Desk <terrydesk861uk@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:22:23 +0200
Subject: FROM: TERRY BLEDSOE



FROM: TERRY BLEDSOE THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref No: UK/9420X2/58 Batch No: 074/05/ZY36R6 WINNING NOTIFICATION We happily announce to you the draw (#1222) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday the 08th of September 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 76465611646 166 with Serial number 368/06 drew the lucky numbers: 04-10-20-24-39-49 (Bonus 31), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 6 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,443,024 (Two Million, Four Hundred And Forty Three Thousand Twenty Four Pound Sterlings Only) in cash credited to file KTU/7023118308/04. This is from a total cash prize of £4,886,048 shared amongst the Two (02) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 692992 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ). This promotion takes place weekly. 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 £2,443,024 (Two Million, Four Hundred And Forty Three Thousand Twenty Four Pound Sterlings Only) 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 claims 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 is to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent. Fudiciary Agent: Mr. Terry Bledsoe Official Email:terrydesk@aim.com Tel:+44-702-406-1967 NOTE: The lucky numbers are the lotto numbers. Endeavour to go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:- _http://national- lottery.co.uk/p/results.do_ ( http://national-lottery.co.uk/p/results.do) Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. Yours faithfully, Mr.Richard K. Lloyd Online coordinator for THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.
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