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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (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")
  • "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 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.
  • +447045798647 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709743683 (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.
  • zonalclaimsdesk@googlemail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: zonalclaimsdesk01@googlemail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:56:06 -0000
Subject: INFORMATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM...2008 END OF YEAR BONANZA!!!







NATIONAL LOTTERY

PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

101 BOVILL ROAD

LONDON. SE23 1EL.



Ref: EGS/2251256003/02

Batch: 14/0017/1PD



WINNING NOTIFICATION

The board of directors and entire member of staff of the National Lottery

wishes to inform you of the result of the (Email Address Ballot) online

Sweepstakes international program held at the British Headquarter.



Your email account have been picked as a winner of Six Hundred Thousand

Pounds Sterling (£600,000.00) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total sum of Four Million, Two hundred Thousand Pounds

Sterling (£ 4,200,000.00) shared amongst seven winners. This results is

now released to you on 22nd of November 2008 and your email address

attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew

the lucky numbers 5-7-18-27-31-33 and bonus ball --29-- in the Lotto, to

check your results online click on this link http://lottery.co.uk/res/

participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from

Microsoft users from company and individual email address users.



Your fund has been converted into a bank draft with a hardcover insurance.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we advice that you keep this

award from public notice until your claim has been processed and your bank

draft sent directly to your designated delivery address as this is part of

our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking

advantage of this program by the general public.

**************************************************

Contact Agent: Mr. Anderson Spencer

Foreign Services Directorate,

Pacifico Sistemas Informáticos GmbH & Co.

E-mail: zonalclaimsdesk@googlemail.com

zonalclaimsdesk@live.com

Phone: +44 704 579 8647,

+44 704 579 8638

Fax: +44-870 974 3683

**************************************************

You will be required to quote your lucky number,for confirmation on your

winnings. All winning must be claimed not later than 3weeks after reciept

of this mail. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to

European Union Treasury as unclaimed prize for good cause. Please note in

order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to

quote your reference number in all correspondence.You are therefore

advised to give the following informations to your assigned fiduciary

Agent via email: zonalclaimsdesk@googlemail.com or telephone.



1.Full name and address.

2.Country.

3.Tel and fax number.

4.Occupation.

5.Languages Spoken.

6.Religion.

7.Any Identification.



Congratulations from the entire member of staff and thank you for being

part of our email account users program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Julie Van Hans,

Executive (International Sweepstakes).



Program Warning!!! Fraudulent emails are circulating that appears to be

impersonator using our names and addresses, but are not from the NATIONAL

LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO CUSTOMER

CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT.

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Material Copyright © 2008 The Lottery Co. Ltd.

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