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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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")
• 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.
  • +447024051271 (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.
  • pwood_oprod@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: doris benson <doris@bensondoris.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 04:55:03 +0100 (CET)
Subject: This week draws



UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD (UKNLA)
Sweepstake Program Under
The UK National Lottery

UK HEAD OFFICE
PDV Ltd
Monmouth House
40 Artillery Lane
London E1 7LS

Jackpot Winner
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners of the International Program held on November 3rd, 2006 all games promotion. Your e-mail address attached to your lotto payment order.

SERIAL NUMBER: 45637-77UK/IE

WINNING TICKET NUMBER: GS56754/22/76UK/IE

LOTTO CODE NUMBER: FL09622UK/IE

BATCH NUMBER: 962901-PCF03

REF NUMBER: FL2/05/207152/UK/IE

The payment order, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved a lump sum out of GBP £800,000 “Eight hundred thousand Pounds Sterling”.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative in United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 800,000 “You Eight Hundred Thousand, Pounds Sterling” would be released to you by any of our payment offices in UK.

Our agent zoned for UK and Europe paying bank will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your fund as soon as you contact the claim Agent.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your fund remitted to you. This part of our security protocol is to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants are selected through computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000.000 individual e-mail addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every week.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like: THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARDS (UKNLA), MICROSOFT CORPORATION, THE INTEL GROUP, TOSHIBA, DELL COMPUTERS, MACKINTOSH and a conglomeration of other international IT companies.

The UK National Internet Draw is held weekly and is so organized to encourage the use of Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 400 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide.

We look forward to your active participation in our next GBP 50 Million slot.

To process your claim, You are required to fill the form below correctly and send it to your overseas claim office via the email address below:

Financial/Clearance Agent
Oversea winner payment directive office
Contacts Person: Mr. Peter wood
Email address: pwood_oprod@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447024051271
Fax: +44210675467


VERIFICATION AND CLERANCE FORM


1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________


3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________


5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________


9.LOTTO CODE NUMBER: _

10.WINNING TICKET NUMBER:

11.DRAW LUCKY NUMBER:

12.SERIAL NUMBER:

13.REF NUMBER:

14.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

15.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

___________________________________________


16. COUNTRY________________________________



CONGRATULATIONS!!! UK NATIONAL ONLINE
LOTTERY BOARD.

Note that all winnings must be claimed later than one month from today, failure to respond to this mail in one-month time from today, 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 number in all correspondence. Further more should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible as much remembering to keep your winning secrete untill your won prize is transfered to you by your paying bank.

Congratulations once again from all members and staffs of this program.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Doris Benson
“Lottery Coordinator”

Please be aware that your paying authority will effect payment swiftly upon satisfactory report, verification and validation provided by this Clearance Office.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: this email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of intended recipient(s) and may contain information that would be privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.

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