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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")
• 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.
  • +27730871209 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • claimoffice3@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uk section" <uksection8@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: claimoffice3@myway.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:00:04 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON!!!!!!!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)                  

 

Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Ref: UK/9420X2/68  

                                                    

            

                 CONGRATULATIONS; YOU HAVE WON

 

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 2^nd of July year 2006.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus no.25), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. match 5 plus bonus.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,987,470 (Two million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand, four hundred and seventy pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Africa booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £2,987,470 (Two million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand, four hundred and seventy pounds sterling) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa.

Our Africa agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact our claim agent. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim your fund, is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, Please contact your claim agent immediately.

Mr. Mark Benson 

TEL;+27 73 0871209                   

Official Email: (claimoffice3@myway.com)

Please endevour to call your claim agent as soon as you recieve this mail for more information and verification to avoid double claim.

 

 

Endeavor to email him your full names, winning numbers, email address, telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations; from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully lotto manager,
Mr. MARK BENSON

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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