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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:

• 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")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +447024092611 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD AGENT JOHN HALL'S OFFICE" <jp.hall@live.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 04:56:48 -0400
Subject: RE: Your Email Has Just Won 500 000 Pounds



Ref: UK/7803XI/04Batch: 03/BT25/0306

You are one of our lucky winners! Your email; (TJA.STERK@QUICKNET.NL) has been drawn winner of the Draw (#1168) of the online UK National Lottery program held on Sat 12 Jul 08.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 2006680 with Serial number 2378/06 drew the Winning numbers: 16 27 28 29 30 42 Bonus Ball 43,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 3 plus bonus.You are hereby entitled to 500 000GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds).All participants for the online version were selected randomly from WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over1,000,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

You are expected to start up claims process by providing us with the detailed requirement attached to your notification email.

FULL NAME:ADDRESS:OCCUPATION:TELEPHONE:(HOME/MOBILE) AMOUNT WON: REF NUMBER:.BATCH NUMBER: WINNING NUMBER: TICKET NUMBER:
Mr J.P HallFIDUCIARY AGENT, Payment and Release order Department,UK NATIONALLOTTERY CLAIMS PROCESSING AGENT.OCEANIC BT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOMeMail; jp.hall@live.comTel:+447024092611:+447024094833;+447024096930




You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize > From: TJA.STERK@QUICKNET.NL> To: jp.hall@live.com> CC: jp.hall@merseymail.com> Subject: Re: Your Email Has Just Won 500 000 Pounds> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:28:26 +0200> > Dear Sir,> > I cannot believe it, and I am probably wrong,> bud I seem to have won something ?> What is going on ?> > Greetings,> T. Sterk> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <manderson@elknet.net>> To: <undisclosed-recipients:>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:35 PM> Subject: {Spam!} Your Email Has Just Won 500 000 Pounds> > > Lansdowne Row> Berkeley Square> London, W1J 6H> United Kingdom.> Ref: UK/7803XI/04> Batch: 03/BT25/0306> > NOTICE OF CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING!!> On the behalf of the Uk National Lottery Board, I hereby announce that> your email has been drawn winner of the Draw (#1168) of the online UK> National Lottery program held on Sat 12 Jul 08.Your> e-mail address attached to Ticket Number: 2006680 with Serial number> 2378/06 drew the Winning numbers: 16 27 28 29 30 42 Bonus Ball 43> ,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category> i.e match 3 plus bonus.> You are hereby entitled to 500 000GBP (Five Hundred Thousand Pounds)> To file for your claim,Please contact our Fiduciary Agent for> validation.> TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SEND THE DETAILS BELOW TO THE> EMAILS; jp.hall@live.com AND jp.hall@merseymail.com FAILURE TO DO SO COULD> RESULT IN DIQUALIFICATION.> *******************************************************************> Endeavour to email them the following informations for immediate> processing, verification and legalization of claims in order for> payment to be made to you as required in accordance with our payout> policy.> FULL NAME:> ADDRESS:> NATIONALITY;> OCCUPATION:> AGE;> SEX;> TELEPHONE:(HOME/MOBILE);> AMOUNT WON:> REF NUMBER:

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