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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.
• 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.
  • +447031909513 (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.
  • onlinelottery_requestdept@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY PROMO AWARD" <p_willamsmc14@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:57:02 +0000
Subject: ONLINE LOTTERY AWARD WINNING RESULT ANNOUNCED!!!

	UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.  GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED  UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY  IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF:  (Registration Z720633X).

 

The National Lottery
12 President Road,
P.O Box 1291
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL/26510460036/06
Batch: 16/00318/IPD.

                                                           WINNING   NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#471) of the UK  NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 30th of August 2006,and was release on the 31th of August 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 03,10,19,33,35,38 (bonus no.08) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. Therefore you have been approved to claim a total sum of £2,677,966 in cash with this file #: KTU/9023118308/03 from a total cash prize of £16,067,796.00 shared amongst the first Six (6) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East and  America through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated. In view of this, your  £2,677,966.00 would 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 possible.

Warning:

For security reasons, we are advised the beneficiary's to keep his/her winning information confidential till his/her prize is process and remit to his/her bank account, also send the below information and winning numbers to our agent, and don't change your e-mail address to avoid unwarranted abuse of this program. call him as soon as you send him fax or e-mail.

                 

                VERIFICATION FORM FILL AND SUMIT.

 

1. Full Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:

9.E mail Adress:
10.Amount won:

11.Telephone Number:

12.Fax Number:

 

Contact Claiming Agent: -

Mr. Allem hurge

E-mail:onlinelottery_requestdept@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: +447031909513

 

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK  NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. St Harry.P. Willams.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program. NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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