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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 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.
  • claimsagent_williams_006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • @worldemail.com

Fraud email example:

From: UK LOTTERY OFFICE 2006!!! <claimsagent_williams_006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:29:32 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATION..........YOU ARE A WINNER

BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE,
*******************************************
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON. LONDON
*******************************************
Ref: KPC/9080118308/02/TCA
 
 
    We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery
International programs held on the 20th of July 2006 in London. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number
5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won you
the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a
lump  pay of £500,000.00 ( Five hundred thousand thousand Pounds
sterling) in cash redited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a
total cash prize of £25 illion Pounds shared amongst the first fifty(50)
lucky winners in this category.

   This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British
Lottery. The estimated £125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in
U.K. history. The biggest was the 363 million jackpot that went to two
winners in december 2005 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions'
predecessor.
 Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our United
Kingdom booklet representative office in London as indicated in our play
coupon. In view of this, your £500,000.00 .
             
                        CONGRATULATIONS!
  Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and
insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim
has been processed and your money remitted to your
account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming
or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We hope with a
part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes
£1.3 billion International lotto.

  To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:
**************************************************

  Name: Mr.WILLIAMS HOOK,
  E-mail: claimsagent_williams_006@yahoo.co.uk,
  Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,
  **************************************************
  For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims officer
not later than AUGUST 10TH, 2006 After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to Mr.Thomas Jonka  by  email,
should have this email sent along with it and your reference number
clearly stated in every correspondence.  Our agent will immediately
commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon
as you make contact with him.

  Furthermore,should there be any change of your address, do inform
your claims officer as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all
our staff on your emmergence as one of our lucky winners !

Sincerely,
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
BRITISH LOTTERY COPORATION N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the
part of the winners will result to disqualification

 

--- Web based Email via @WorldEmail.com---

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