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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (13 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Uklottorey International" <uklottorey@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:53:43 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
UK National Lottery
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
BACTH NO: ATP/44863214257/3445328/563 m

REF. NO. ATP/29031392620/426376R/6542
Date: NOV/23rd/2005
Tel: +44 7031916297

Dear Winner,
RE: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 15th of OCT, 2005. Due to the mix up of number, the results were released on the  5th of NOV, 2005. Your name attached to ticket number 6793023 with serial number 90113759 drew the lucky numbers of 02-10-30-36-37-43-29 (as shown above) which consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £450,000:00 Only ( FOUR HUNDREND AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY) in cash which is deposited with a Finance Bank in your favour as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY. Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that has been appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and fax number to begin the processing of your claim: below is the contact of the claim agent assigned to you

UK National Lottery Payment Office London United Kingdom
CONTACT NAME: James Carter
Tell: +44 7031916297
Email:claims00@excite.com

 

for further proceedings.

Yours Sincerely,
 Betty Phillip

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