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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:

• 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.
  • +447024024552 (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.
  • @yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: THE NATIONAL LOTTERY <brownoscar44@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:08:10 -0500
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION ( CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT )

 

 

                                         

 

FROM:The National Lottery
P O Box 1010          
Liverpool, L70 1NL  
UNITED KINGDOM    
(Customer Services)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
REF NO: UK/9420X2/68    
BATCH NO:074/05/ZY369
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Date:27-06-2006

                         AWARD WINNING APPROVAL: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

       We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of
The National Lottery PROGRAMS held in the month  of may, 2006. Your
company or your personal e-mail address is attached to ticket number
56475600545 188, with serial number S/N-00180 drew the lucky numbers 5368/02, and consequently won in the 2nd  lottery category.

  You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
£3,987,470.00(Three Million,Nine Hundred And Eighty Seven Thousand,Four Hundred And Seventy pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £11,962,410.00 shared amongst the first Four (3) lucky winners in this category. All participants were
selected through our Computer ballot system drawn from 21,000 names,
3,000 names from each continent, as part of International Promotions
Program.Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account with our affiliate
bank here in UK, and insured with your REF NO: KTU/9023118308/03  and
your E-mail address. You are to keep your TICKET NO. REF NO. BATCH NO.
and SERIAL NO. From the public, until you have been processed and your
money remitted to your personal account.

 To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims department by email for processing and remittance of your prize money to you.
Your assigned claims officer contact email is:

------------------------------------------------
Mr Oscar Brown

Tell:+447024024552


Email: mrbrownoscar@yahoo.co.uk

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your ticket, reference, batch and serial numbers in all
correspondences with your claims officer.

Yours faithfully,
Mark Vin James
The National Lottery
Claims Requirements:
==================
1.Name in full-----------------------------------------
2.Address---------------------------------------------
3.Nationality-----------------------------------------
4.Age-------------------------------------------------
5.Occupation------------------------------------------
6.Phone/Fax-------------------------------------------
7.Present Country-------------------------------------

8.Your sex-----------------------------------------------




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:.....................


NOTE:BENEFICIARIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSFER CHARGES. PLEASE
INDICATE OPTION THAT BEST SUITS YOU.
WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED BY THE PAYMENT CENTER IF YOU CHOSE THIS OPTION. DECLARATION:
I...............HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE DATA ARE TRUE. IN CASE OF
ANY UNFORSEEN CIRCUSTANCE,MY NEXT OF KIN HAS THE RIGHT TO CLAIM MY TOTAL WINNINGS.(SUPER STANDARD AGENT) SHALL ACT AS MY AGENT IN FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF THE TOTAL FUND TO ME.

DATE--------



Yours faithfully,
Mr Mark Vin James
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

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