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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:
  • "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.
  • +447031966911 (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.
  • claimscontroller_001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery Uk 2006" <mrgregstewart-08@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:32:38 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! You Won £250,000

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:+447031966911,Tel:+447024014611
(Customer Services)
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref: BTL/101OXI/02
                        NATIONAL LOTTERY
                        NOTIFICATION DESK
We happily announce to you the draw (#718) of the NATIONALLOTTERY
online
Sweepstakes International program held on 1st,November,2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:02.06.21.24.31.03 which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 4 draw results Prize breakdown Thunderball.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of 2,000,000,00 shared amongst the
first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match draw results
Prize
breakdown Thunderball.
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. This promotion takes placebianually.

Please, note that your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in
your play coupon.In view of this, your £250,000 (two hundred and fifty
thousand pounds sterling)  would be released to you by any of our
courier department.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him/her.
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 !!!.
After filling  for your claim, please contact our claims
agent dispatch officer and provide him with the following details
below:

MR PATRICK MULLEN
(ClaimsAgent)
EMAIL: claimscontroller_001@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:+447031966911,Tel:+447024014611
Tel:+447031957578,Tel:+447024068945
Information Line: Dial +448706260380.After the message
enter pin number #(1741) After the message again enter 1
Fax: Dial +448706260380 pin#(1903)

1.  Name:
2.  Address:
3.  Marital Status:
4.  Occupation:
5.  Age:
6.  Sex:
7.  Nationality:
8.  Country Of Residence:
9.  Telephone Number (Country Code)-(Area Code)- Phone
Number): 10  Cell Number:        (Country Code) - (Cell Phone Number):
11. Fax Number:
12. Draw Number above:
13. Annual income:
14. Payment Method  ( Draft):
15. EmailAddress:
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
GREG STEWART(Mr.)
Director.International Promotions Unit,
Tel:+447031966911,Tel:+447024014611

            Copyright 1994-2006 The British
International Promotion Inc.All rights reserved. Terms of Service -
Guideline

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