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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447040106524 (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.
  • claimsbox_2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Out Box" <claims_outbox3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsbox_2001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:54:52 +0100
Subject: THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Olympic Way,Sefton Business Park,
Aintree Liverpool,
L70 1NL, United Kingdom.

You have your Fate in your own hand!


Date: 2 November, 2006.
Machine Used For the Draw: MOONSTONE.
Ball Set Used: 6.
Winning Numbers: 14 - 17 - 23 - 28 - 42 - 49 - 05.
Prize Awards: GBP £500,000.00
Our Ref: BNS-NL/0508/04.VOL.2/UK.
Your Ref: BNS-NL/02CTG/0508/06/UK.

Dear lucky winner,
RE: YOUR GRAND PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION -FINAL NOTICE .
It is our pleasure to inform you of the announcement today as dated of our
promotions programme held on the 30th of October, 2006.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
300,000 name of people living in the following countries: United Kingdom,
America,Schengen States, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East,
Asia and Africa as part of our international promotions program conducted
annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.
The result of our computer draw 874 of this day selected your names and
email address on the lucky jackpot winning number 14 - 17 - 23 - 28 - 42 -
49 - 05 which consequently won the lottery jackpot prize awards in the 2nd
category.

As a result, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum grand prize
awards winning of GBP £500,000.00 bonded and insured under a comprehensive
insurance policy in your names for security reasons and credited to file
Ref. No: BNS-NL/02CTG/0508/06/UK. This is from the total prize of GBP£
16,765,217.00 in this category as part of our promotional programme for the
year 2006. This is your opportunity that your fate has brought to you and we
are honoured to have you in a master database. We hope with part of this
prize award winning, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots
while we say, Congratulations!!!

You have the options of being paid by, certified bank draft or Swift
Telegraphic Transfer. NO PRIZES WILL BE RE-ISSUED AFTER THE 4TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 2006!

ELIGIBILITY:
This promotion is offered only electronically via the Internet and is open
to all natural persons age at least 18 years and older with a valid email
address and who live in any of the aforementioned countries.This promotion
is void in all other countries and also is Void where prohibited.Principals
and employees of the National Lottery and its respective
parents,subsidiaries and immediate family members are not eligible to.

CLAIM PROCEDURES:
For overseas lucky winners, it is our standard practices to allocate
accredited agents for the processing of claim application on behalf of
overseas lucky winners and payment of grand prize awards winning to the
benefit of beneficiaries after all modalities have been completed
satisfactorily. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to contact
our licensed and accredited
claim agent for Overseas Lucky Winners for the processing of your prize
awards winning and payment to your designated bank account after all
statutory obligations have been concluded satisfactorily.

Contact the under-listed claims agent

Claim Officer:Mr.James Miller,
Customer Support Unit - CSU,
Kamlot Reconciliation Inc.,
email :claimsbox_2006@yahoo.co.uk
Tel.Number +44-704-010-6524

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Mary Anderson,
Promotion Coordinator,
International Promotions Unit,
UK National Lottery Organisation,
Liverpool L70 1NL, United Kingdom.
N.B.
PLEASE YOUR REPLY SHOULD BE IN ENGLISH.

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