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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
  • "claims 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.
  • national2008lottery@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mike55edward@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • mike55edward@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR THOMAS WILSON <national2008lottery@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mike55edward@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 02:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: national2008lottery@yahoo.com





The National Lottery

PO Box 1010

Liverpool

L70 1NL

REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02

BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD



RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE


National Lottery wishes to inform you about the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on 18th of March 2006. Your email account have been picked as a winner of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY.

This results is now released to you on the 20th of March 2006 and your email address attached in the A Category bonus ball 07 10 22 24 34 44 and bonus ball 18

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has 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,For the release of your winning,kindly contact your claims agent in National Lottery Head Quarters with the follwoing details:



NAME OF CLAIM AGENT: MR MIKE EDWARD

Email: .mike55edward@yahoo.com



You are to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning.

All winning must be claimed not later than 25th of April 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

You are therefore advised to give the following informations to your claim's agent via email which is (mike55edward@yahoo.com)



1. Full name and address.

2. Country.

3. Tel and fax number.

4. Occupation.

Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program.



Yours Sincerely,

Mr THOMAS WILSON,

Executive.(National Lottery International)

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

Copyright © 2006 National Lottery International



Next Est. Jackpot £8,000,000



- MR THOMAS WILSON

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