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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • ukoverseaslottery22@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • email.elotfinancialrec_inc@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: ukoverseas lottery <ukoverseaslottery22@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: elotfinancialrec_inc@excite.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:28:32 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONGRATULATION !!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: ukoverseaslottery22@yahoo.com

Dear Winner,




RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION





We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the "UK's

Overseas Lottery International Promotions programme held on March 1st

2006 .



Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from

a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals drawn from

Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of

Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions

programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.

We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our

subsequent lottery jackpots. The result of our


computer draw 844 selected your name and email address attached to

e-Ticket Number 034-22478556 with serial number 129, which drew the lucky

number 06-09-13-15-40-43-02 and consequently won the lottery grand prize

award in the 3rd category.



Therefore, you have won a lottery jackpot prize awards of

&pound;850,950.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty pounds

Sterling Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref. No: UKNL/255457004/04. This is from the total prize of &pound; 18,486,220. 00 (Eighteen

Million, Four Hundred and Eighty Six Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty

Pounds Sterlings) shared among the Thirty-Eight overseas lucky winners in

this category as part of our promotional programme for 2004.



Your prize award has been insured in your name and is ready for claim.

To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously

contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners

within a period of 21 days (date of this letter inclusive) for the

processing of your winning and remittance to your designated bank account

after all statutory obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.



Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated

Period may be forfeitted to the pool without further notice.You may wish to

establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below

citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Telephone lines are

open between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday




Customer Service Unit,


Elot Financial Reconciliation Inc.,


Fax No:


Email.elotfinancialrec_inc@excite.com


Contact person: MR JACK SMITH




Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and

press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so

desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of

confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated

with fraudulent cliams.





CONGRATULATION !!!



At your disposal, we remain.



Very Truly Yours,



MARY STEWART (Mrs.),



Director.



International Promotions Unit,



UK OVERSEAS LOTTERY,



Airport Hale Rd Halebarns



Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK


- ukoverseas lottery



- ukoverseas lottery

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