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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "claims 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.
  • +447040112511 (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.
  • ukagent_claim_dept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Nations Lottery" <maria_wade105@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:51:13 +0200
Subject: CONGRATULATOIN YOU HAVE WON THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY.

The United Nations Lottery
Headquatres
270 John Downey Drive
New Britain
CT 06051
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:+44 704 011 25 11

(Customer Services)
Ref: UN/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369



DATE:24/08/2006

NOTIFICATION OF WINNINGS:

Dear Sir/Madam

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the , online Sweepstakes
International program held 23rd of August, 2006. Your e-mail address
attached to TICKET NUMBER: 1416-4612-750 with SERIAL NUMBER:3187-17 drew
the LUCKY DREW NUMBERS:31-17-8-28-55 (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 total sum of £1,500,000. 00(one
millon five Hundred Thousand Pounds) in cash credited to file .This is from
a total cash prize of UK £7,500,000,shared amongst the five, (5) lucky
winners in this categoryi.e Match 5 plus bonus.
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.

your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet repre!
sentative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £1,500,000. 00(one millon five Hundred Thousand Pounds) will be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agent
will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your
funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to
keep your winning information confidential till your claim 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 our claims agent
******************************************************************************************************
Mr. Roland Young
270 John Downey Drive
New Britain
CT 06051
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM

Tel:+ 44 704 011 25 11
Tel;+ 44 703 3192 9018
Fax;+ 44 870 068 3795
Official Email: ukagent_claim_dept@yahoo.co.uk

******************************************************************************************************
Endeavour to contact him with the following informations:

1,Full Names
2,Contact Address
3,Telephone Number/fax
4,Age
5,Sex
6,Nationality
7,Occupation
8, Winning information i,e ticket number, batch number, reference number,
serial number e.t.c
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Maria Wade (Mrs)

Online coordinator for THE UNITED NATIONS LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program
For and on behalf of the
Office of the Secretary General
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

PLEASE NOTE THAT WINNERS WHO RESIDE CLOSE TO PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY
THE HURRICANE KATERINA AND THE HURRICANE RITA
WILL BE REQUIRED TO DONATE TWENTY PERCENT OF THEIR WINNINGS TO THOSE VICTIMS















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