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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.
  • +447031912199 (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.
  • emmanuel_wing007@katamail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "NATIONAL LOTTERY" <national_lottery06@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:10:34 +0000
Subject: WINNER NOTIFICATION

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:+44 703 191 2199
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

From:The desk of the Lotteries Coordinator/International
Promotions/Prize Award Department.

WINNING NOTIFICATION.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU HAVE WON!!! THE 3RD CATEGORY EMAIL BALLOT
BONANZA 1.2M.

(FINAL NOTICE)

RESULTS FOR DRAW 3RD CATEGORY

We happily announce to you the draw (#005) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on
25th september.2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 03-06-15-16-33-48(bonus
no.43),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category
i.ematch 5 plus bonus.


You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
.1,200,000(ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING
OR ITS EQUIVALENT) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of 12,785,000 shared amongst the
(10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from
World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online.This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
and Africa booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
yourplay coupon.

In view of this, your 1,200,000 would be released to you by any of
our payment offices in Europe or Africa.

Our European 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 claims is processed and your
moneyremitted 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 your won prize claim, please contact our fiduciary

THE CLAIMS AGENTS!!
Prize Remittance Dept,
Mr.Emmanuel Wing.
(Claims Manager).
REPLY-EMAIL: emmanuel_wing007@katamail.com

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
REV.Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

N.B: Any breach of in confidentiality on the part of the winner will
result to disqualification. Please contact by E-Mail, quoting your
winning details to your Claims agent immediately for remittance of
yourwinning prize of .1.2 million POUNDS STERLING. Anybody under the
age of18 is automatically disqualified and can not proceed with claims.

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