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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "british lottery international" (no such lottery exists)
  • "overseas subscribers agents" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +447031903884 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +27731815660 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • admin1199@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • smith_paul3540@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: National Lottery Award <national.lttr10@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 15:23:04 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION




HEADQUARTERS

National Lottery United Kingdom
Spectrum Money Mart United Kingdom
No.1a-Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham Shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ
Essex P.O.Box 1010
Tel/Fax: + 44 703 190 3884.
United Kingdom


Ref: BTL/491OX1/04
Batch:12/25/0304

Date 24/05/2008

Bonus Ball:




From the Desk of MRS PRECIOUS BURKE .


We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery International programs held on the 23th May 2008 in London.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number 886/04 drew the lucky numbers: 07,15,19,23,37,48 (45) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £420,000,00.( Four Hundred & Twenty Thousand, Pounds) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/04.This is from a total cash prize of £Four millon one hundred & ten thousand Pounds, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery .The estimated £125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was the £6 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your £420,000,00. ( Four Hundred, Twenty thousand Pounds ) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in South Africa.Our agent in South Africa will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotiontakes place annually.

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 a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry and some other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

OUR SPONSORS

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Ref No: BTL/491OX1/04, Batch No: 12/25/0304,Telephone lines are open between the hours of 7.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday.

Contact Our Customer Service Unit
Agent :Paul Smith.
Tel: + 27 73 1815660
Emails: admin1199@gmail.com [mailto:admin1199@gmail.com]
Emails: smith_paul3540@yahoo.com [mailto:smith_paul3540@yahoo.com]


Overseas Subscribers Agents,Freedom Park Building Unit 1440,Johannesburg (Gauteng) 2001
South Africa


Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!
At your disposal, we remain.Very Truly Yours,
MRS PRECIOUS BURKE.
(Zonal Coordinator)

Dr.Richmond Davis
United Kingdom Zonal Secretary General.


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2).NATIONALITY:

3). SEX:

4). MARITAL STATUS:

5).CONTACT ADDRESS:

6).TELEPHONE NUMBER:

7).OCCUPATION:

8).WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS :

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