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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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!
• 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.
  • stanbushwick@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@lottery.com
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:53:45 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

British Lottery International:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OX1/04
Batch: 12/25/0304
Date: 02/09/2008



WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery

International programs held on the 2nd of September 2008 in London.Your

e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with Serial

number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which

subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore,

been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00(Two million, five

hundred thousand, United StatesDollars) in cash credited to file

RPC/9080118308/04.This is from a total cash prize of US $125 Million

dollars, 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 $363 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 European

booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play

coupon. In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five

hundred thousand,United States Dollars) would be released to you by our

affiliate bank in London.Our agent 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.Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the

below details for processing of your claims.



AGENT: Mr stan bushwick
Email: stanbushwick@rocketmail.com


To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your

reference/batchnumbers in any correspondences with us or our designated

agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.


Sincerely,


Mr Jonathan Briggs
Zonal Coordinator
WINNING NOTIFICATION

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