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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:
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ubagroups_claims@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sophia halenedale" <mrs_halendale_s5@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:29:29 +0000
Subject: Mrs. Sophia Halanedale

URBAN LOTTO INT'L    URBAN LOTTO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION INCORPORATED UNITED KINGDOM.   

 

  Past winners round the world with full of excitment,,,,

            

URBAN LOTTERY INT'L ORGANISATION 
CASH-OUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102A

PLOT 24 BARCHELORS LANE

GREENSHIRE NEZ 4PP

 LONDON UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.

 

Date:23/10/2006. 


ATTENTION: WINNER,

We happily announce to you the draw (Draw #06/1056) of the URBAN LOTTO INT'L, online Sweepstakes International Program held on monday 23rd october 2006.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim total sum of (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS ) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

 

This is from a total cash prize of (SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS), shared amongst the THREE (3)lucky winners in this category.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through a computer corporate bodies that are listed online.

 

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,your(TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS )would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Africa.

 

Our African paying bank 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 lottery payment bank via email:

 

This is the paying banks contact:

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA, PLC
Head Office: Lagos, Nigeria
UBA House 57, MARINA,
P.O. Box 2406, Lagos.
Tel: +(234)805-681-8426
Tel: +(234)806-869-1005
Telex: MIBANK NG 28493, 287196,

11489 and 28990
E-mail:ubagroups_claims@yahoo.com
Contact Name:Dr.Aliyu Dikko

With the following vital information:

 

Full Name:..........................
Full Address:.......................
Nationality:........................
Occupation:.......................
Age:....................................
Sex:........................................
Marital status:..........................
Amount won:.............................
Email address:...................................
Phone number{land/mobile}:.........

 

*NOTE*

 

YOU ARE TO CALL THE BANK IMMEDIATELLY YOU GET THIS WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER TO NOTIFY YOUR CLAIM BY PROVIDING YOUR SERIAL# AND TICKET #. DO NOT FORGET TO KEEP YOUR WINNING CONFIDENTIAL.DO CALL THE BANK @:

Tel: +(234)805-681-8426
Tel: +(234)806-869-1005

For your own intrest, 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.

 

Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the URBAN LOTTO INT'L

 

Warm regards 
                         
Mrs. Sophia Halanedale

Executive Co-ordinator(Urban Lottery Inc).

URBAN LOTTO INT'L.

COPYRIGHT
2006 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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