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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")
• 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.
  • +447031907688 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "" <mabreko@iol.cz>
Reply-To: info.sipclaimsdeppt@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:36:30 GMT
Subject: PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT




The National Lottery =

P O Box 1010 =

Liverpool=2C L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM =

(Customer Services) =

Ref=3A UK/0147X2/97 =

Batch=3A 974/05/ST147 WINNING NOTIFICATION=2E We happily announce to yo=
u the draw (P590) of the UK NATIONAL =

LOTTERY=2Conline Sweepstakes International program held on 24th Septembe=
r=2C =

2008=2EYour e-mail address attached to ticket number=3A 36475600541 122 =

with Serial number 7363/09 drew the lucky numbers=3A3-1-19-25-30-5 =

which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category=2Eyou have =

therefore been approved to claim a total sum of =A3600=2C000 =

(Six Hundred Thousand Pound Sterlings) in cash credited to =

file KTU/8023118201/06=2E All participants for the online version were =
selected randomly from =

World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from =

over 100=2C000 unions=2C associations and corporate bodies that are list=
ed =

online=2E This promotion takes place weekly=2C Please note that your luc=
ky =

winning number falls within our European booklet representative office =

in Europe as indicated in your play coupon=2EIn view of this=2C your =

=A3600=2C000 (Six hundred thousand pounds sterlings)would be released to=
=

you by any of our payment offices in Europe=2E Our European agent will =
immediately commence the process to facilitate =

the release of your funds as soon as you contact him=2E For security =

reasons=2C you are advised to keep your winning information confidential=
=

until your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever=
=

manner you deem fit to claim your prize=2CThis is part of our =

precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of =

this program=2CPlease be warned=2E To file for your claim=2C please con=
tact our fiduciary agent with your =

complete Info=2E (1)COMPLETE LEGAL NAMES=3A (2)CURRENT CONTACT ADDRESS/T=
ELEPHONE NUMBERS=3A (3)OCCUPATION=3A (4)REFERENCE/BATCH/DRAW NUMBERS =

Mr=2E Russell king =

Phone=3A+44-703-190-7688 =

E-mail=3A info=2Esipclaimsdeppt=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk with any other USEFU=
L details for record purposes=3A =

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claims and =

unwarranted abuse of this program=2E Please be warned=2E =

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY=2E =

Yours faithfully=2C =

Williams Campbell=2E =

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Pro=
gram=2E =

Copyright =A9 1994-2008 The UK National Lottery Inc=2E =

All rights reserved=2E Terms of Service - Guidelines

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