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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:
  • "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.
  • +447031905578 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031857539 (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.
  • marknewman_essexoffice1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • pangit2labs@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: notificationlott65@gazeta.pl
Reply-To: marknewman_essexoffice1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 14:32:37 +0200
Subject: Your email has won (Congratulations)


UK National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369



AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:



We happily announce to you the draw (#1001) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, Online
Sweepstakes International program held and was officially Announced your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball no.44), which
subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e.



Match 6.You has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of?
1,440,772(One million, four hundred and fourty thousand, seven hundred and
seventy two pounds starlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.



This is from a total cash prize of? 2,881,544 shared amongst the first Two
(2) jackpot 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 100,000 unions, associations,
and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America, Africa, Asia,
Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.



This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our African booklet representative office as indicated
in your play coupon.



In view of this, You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1440, 772(One
million, four hundred and fourty thousand, seven hundred and seventy two
pounds sterling) would be released to you By any of our payment offices in
Africa or Europe They will commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds As soon as you contact them.



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 to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Please be warned. To file for your Claim, please contact our
FIDUCIARY agent:



Mr. Mark Newman

Email: marknewman_essexoffice1@yahoo.co.uk<http://uk.mc282.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=marknewman_essexoffice1@yahoo.co.uk>

Tel:+44 703 185 7539
Fax:+44 700-6063034

For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call any

Of the phone number of our Fiduciary agent stated in this notification
e-mail. You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown.

Good luck and congratulation from all members of staff of the UK

NATIONAL LOTTERY.



Yours faithfully,

Mr.A.P.Chester.

PHONE: +447031905578

Online coordinators for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program



VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME: Lynee Delos Santos

2.) AGE: 32 yrs old

3.) SEX: Female

4.) ADDRESS: First Solid Compund, Paliparan 1, Dasmariñas, Cavite

5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE: 4114

6.) STATE/PROVINCE: Cavite

7.) COUNTRY: Philippines

8.) PHONE: 09268033692

9.) FAX: (02) 6700-1232

10.) OCCUPATION/POSITION: Office Engineer

11.) COMPANY: Mabuhay Conglomerate Asphalt, Inc.

12.) EMAIL ADDRESS: pangit2labs@yahoo.com
13.) TICKET NUMBER: 56475600545188

14.) SERIAL NUMBER: 5368/02

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