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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")
  • ",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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447024064245 (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.
  • info_williamcornwellconsult2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • willamscornwellconsult2007@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: Lottery Promo <info@uklottery.com>
Reply-To: info_williamcornwellconsult2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 5 Oct 2007 04:19:05 +0200
Subject: NOTIFICATION (You have won!!!!)

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




NATIONAL UK LOTTERY

Email-Lottery Promotion 2007

P.O. Box 251,

Watford

WD1 8GD

UnitedKingdom.

Ref: BTD/968/06

Batch: 409978E



Dear Lucky winner,



WINNING NOTIFICATION



The prestigious UK lottery has set out and successfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the middle of year anniversary we rolled out over 100,000.000.00 GBP(OneHundred Million Great Britain Pounds) for our middle of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.



Theselection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers.National Uk Lottery are now the largest lottery companies and in an effort to make sure that the national uk lottery remains the most widely lottery company, National Uk Lottery are running ane-mail beta test. Your email address as indicated was drawn andattached to ticket number 008995727495 with serial numbersBTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-11-25-40-40-47(21) which subsequently won you 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) as one of the jackpot winners in this draw.



You have therefore won entire winning sum of 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds).The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley,London United Kingdom on the 15th of October 2007.These Draws are commemorative and as such special.



Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process tofacilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Please Contact your fiduciary agent



Ful name,.....................

Contact adress,.......................

State,Country,..........................

Nationality,..............

Phone N?,...............

Sex,.................

Age,...............Marital stutus,..................

Occupation,.....................

Ref N?..................

Batch N?...............

Security N?.................



Barrister Williams cornwell Esq

Fiduciary Agent

Head Winning ClaimsDept.

National Uk Lottery Promotion Award Team

Tel: +447024064245

Email:info_williamcornwellconsult2007@yahoo.co.uk



Our special thanks and gratitude to British Government .We wish you the best ofluck.Thank you for being part of our promotional award program and commemorative Anniversary Draws.



Sincerely,

Dr.Olivia Holland

Head Customercare Service

National Uk LotteryPromotion Team



NB:Any claim not made before seven (14) working days from date of notification indicate thatthe winner has voluntarily forfeited his/her winnings,All reply message must be sent to your claims agent: willamscornwellconsult2007@yahoo.co.in

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