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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:
  • "fiduciary 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.
  • +27739382620 (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.
  • lott_dhwiners@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lotto winners" <lottdehan2@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:56:35 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

UK NATIONAL lOTTERY
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/06/ZY369
AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#1001) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,Online Sweepstakes International program held on 22nd JULY 2006 and
was Officially announce 24TH OF JUNE 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball
no.44),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category .
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,440,772(One
million, four hundred and forty thousand, seven hundred and seventy two
pounds sterling’s) in cash credited to file TU/9023118308/03.>This is from a
total cash prize of £2,881,544 shared amongst the first two (2)jackpot lucky
winners in this category i.e. Match 6.All participants for the online
version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites
through Computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
Associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America,
Africa, Asia,Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania.


This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number>falls within our AFRICAN booklet representative office in SOUTH
AFRICA as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, You have therefore
been approved to claim a total sum of £1,440,772(One million, four hundred
And forty thousand, seven hundred and seventy two pounds sterling’s)would Be
released to you by our payment offices in AFRICA.

Our AFRICAN agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
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,
contact our FIDUCIARY agent:
Mr Derick Hans
lott_dhwiners@yahoo.co.uk

PHONE:+27-73-938-2620

Yours faithfully,

Mrs, Jennifer Dave.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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