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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:
  • "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.
  • donald_isah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: donald isah <donald_isah@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: isah12@di-ve.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:49:05 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FROM:UK NATIONAL LOTTERY


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

FROM:UK NATIONAL LOTTERY



TICKET NUMBER: 74454774



SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584



BATCH NUMBER : BT-4478474121P






AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:






We happily announce to you the draw (#999) of the UK NATIONAL



LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on the 30th of



April 2006. You were entered as dependent clients with: SERIAL



NUMBER:144-66584 and Batch number BT-4478474121P.



Your email address attached to the ticket number: 74454774 that drew



the lucky winning numbers





Bonus Ball [38] which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd



category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have been approved for a payment





of £1,800,000.00 (ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING.) in



cash credited to file reference number: UKL/K5998/U4. This is from a total cash prize



of Eighteen million pounds shared among the ten international winners



in first categories.





All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn



from 50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as



part of our international promotion program. Due to mixed up of some



names and addresses,we ask that you keep this award personal, till



your claims has been processed and your funds remitted to you.This is part





of our security measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted



taking advantage of the situation by other participants or



impersonators,You are to contact us Urgently with the folloing details.




1.YOUR FULL NAMES:...................




2.SEX:..........................




3.YOUR ADDRESS:..........................




4.YOUR COUNTRY:...........................




5.NATIONALITY..............................




6.YOUR FAX:...............................




7.HOME PHONE NUMBER :.....................




8.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.....................




9.OCCUPATION:.............................




10.YOUR AGE:...............................





Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your



fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of



payment.




(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UK ( LONDON ) FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight



itinerary to confirm your arrival/appointment Date}:.......



(2) BY COURIER SERVICE:..........




We will immediately commence the process to facilitate



the release of your funds as soon as you contact us. You may wish to



establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above



the batch and reference numbers to this letter.



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 claims. This is part of our precautionary



measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.



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






Yours faithfully,



AGENT Donald Mark



Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY



Sweepstakes International Program.



Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.



All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

- donald isah

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