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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.
  • +448701316485 (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.
  • mealytroung5@yahoo.co.uk
  • mealytroung5@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK-Online National Lottery" <tombenson1960@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mealytroung5@myway.com
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:59:10 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK-Online National Lottery
P O Box 1010, Liverpool, L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
(Registration Z720633X).
Ref: UK/9420X/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Sir/Madam,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 8th July, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00 (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS). CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place twice every year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by UK-Online National Lottery. We look forward to your active participation in our next year US$5 million slot. You are requested to contact Payment/Clearance Officer at Barclays Bank Plc to assist you with the claim and transfer of your winnings fund into your instructed account through the contact information below:

Payment/Clearance Officer:
Tel/Fax: +44 870 131 6485
Email: mealytroung5@yahoo.co.uk
Email: mealytroung5@myway.com

Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than one month. After this date all unclaimed funds will be null and void. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE
BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,
KINGSLEY PEPPO

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