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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims 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)
  • "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)
  • "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • ramseymanuel2009@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: National Lottery <eeeeeeeeee_3@msn.com>
Reply-To: <ramseymanuel2009@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 10:54:45 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!





National Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
LONDON, United Kingdom.
Customer Service/Claims Department
Reference numbers: RF2052007/21
Batch numbers: BT12/53/0034

WINNING NOTIFICATION

With pleasure The National Lottery, organizers of the UK National Online sweepstakes promo, Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball, Lotto Hotpicks and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw #1154 of the UK National sweepstakes online International Program held on the 3 of MARCH. 2009 in United Kingdom.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 647560545 -168 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Lucky numbers:

Bonus


Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £820,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Twenty Thousand British Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07. This is from a total cash prize of £8,200,000.00 (Eight Million Two Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterlings), shared amongst the Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,and corporate bodies email addresses that are listed online.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ( £820,000.00 ) would be released to you by our paying office in South Africa as soon as you are in contact with your claims agent. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Our African 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 contact our Claims Agent via E-mail or phone call with the Information Below:
Reference Number:RF2052007/21
Batch Number:BT12/53/0034
Ticket Number:647560545-168
Serial Number:5368/02


WINNERS INFORMATIONS
1. FULL NAMES: ...............................................................
2. ADDRESS: ..................................................................
3. SEX: ......................................................................
4. AGE: ......................................................................
5. MARITAL STATUS:............................................................
6.OCCUPATION: ................................................................
7. TELEPHONE NUMBER:..........................................................
8. FAX NUMBER: ...............................................................
9. E-MAIL ADDRESS:............................................................
10. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:........................................................
11.COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE...................................................
12. AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED......................................................

Mr. Ramsey Manuel
Claims/Customer Service Department

Email: ramseymanuel2009@gmail.com

Tel: 0027737699928


NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.

Thank you for being part of our promotional sweepstakes program.Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Gina Cruz
Online coordinator for UK MEGA JACKPOT PROMO
Copyright © 2009 UK MEGA JACKPOT Lottery Promotion






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Thankfully
Dipankar Kumar Goswami

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