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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims 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.
  • +447024072583 (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.
  • financialsbv@aim.com

Fraud email example:

From: "uklottowinning2006" <uklottowinning2006@terra.com.mx>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:51:53 -0600
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION







The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

JULY 17TH, 2006
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59



WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#963) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International
programme held on Wednesday March 1st 2006.This Draw is
part of our New Year Bonus to all internet users World
Wide.Your e-mail address was attached to ticket
number:56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew
the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39-47(bonus no.),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £516,778.00(Five
hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and seventy
eight pounds sterling only) /$921,201(Nine hundred and
twenty one thousand two hundred and one dollars only)in
cash/check credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is
from a total cash prize of £3,100,673.00 shared amongst
the first six (6) lucky winners in this categoryi.e
Prize for six balls.All participants for the online
version were
selected randomly from a World Wide Web sites through a
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are
listed online. This promotion takes place
Periodically.Please note that your lucky winning number
falls within our European booklet representative office
in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of
this, your £516,778
(Five hundred and Sixteen thousand,seven hundred and
seventy eight pounds sterling) would be released to you
by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our Agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you
contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep
your winning information confidential till your claim 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 kindly provide the
following informations and send it to our Claims
Agent ( WALTER DOMINIC ATKINSON) who shall clear you as a winner.

(1)FULL NAMES
(2)DATE OF BIRTH
(3)SEX
(4)MARITAL STATUS
(5)CONTACT ADDRESS
(6)PHONE NUMBERS
(7)OCCUPATION

CLAIMS AGENT:
Name: Mr. Walter Dominic Atkinson
Email: financialsbv@aim.com
Tell: +44 7024072583

Upon receipt of the duly requested datas,he shall send to
you the contact information of the paying Office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your funds.
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

STEVEN BURTLER
Online coordinator
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days

Confidentiality Notice:
Please note that this email, and any files that may be attached to it,is/are confidential and is/are intended for the sole use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it/they is/are addressed. Any use,distribution,copying or disclosure by any other person or entity is strictly prohibited under applicable law(s). If you received this email in error,please notify the sender by return email and delete the original message (making sure it is also deleted from the Deleted Items folder of your mail client).
Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to official business of NATIONAL LOTTERY and insurance shall be understood to be neither given nor endorsed by NATIONAL LOTTERY finance and insurance when addressed to comet finance and insurance clients; and any information contained in this email is subject to the terms and conditions of the governing client's contract(s).

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