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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.
  • +447031891780 (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.
  • markjohnson_0247@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK DESK LOTTERY UKDESKONLINELOTTERY" <uklth_0909@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:22:13 +0000
Subject: FILE FOR YOUR CLAIMS(REF: UKL/04210X2/65).

United kingdom on-line Lottery International
Brookmount House,
62-65 Chandos Place,
Covent Garden,
London, WC2N 4LP 
(Customer Services)

Date:19 th November 2006

WINNING NOTIFICATION

Ref: UKL/04210X2/65

Batch: 0741/060/GY369

Dear Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw  (#1086)  of the UK ON-LINE  NATIONAL
LOTTERY,  online Sweepstakes International program held  on  Saturday the18 th of  november 2006 at Covent Garden London.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05 . 08 . 12 . 24 . 28 . 31 Winning Numbers Breakdown Bonus Ball [22] which subsequently won you the lottery
in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total lump  sum of £1,000,000 (One
Million Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
GKH/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of  £20,000,000 shared amongst the first
four (20) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
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 place weekly.
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 £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterlings)

 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess 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 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 fill the form given below and contact our claims agent whose details are given below ;

      FILL THE  FORM  BELOW    Name___________________________________  
Age_____________________________________  Sex_____________________________________  Age______________________________________  Marital Status_____________________________  Tel/Fax___________________________________  Address___________________________________  Occupation___________________________________  

NB: FILL AND RETURN THE FORM TO THE CONTACTS BELOW;    Overseas Claims Unit  United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary  Mr. Mark Johnson.  Email: markjohnson_0247@yahoo.com. Tel: +447031891780 once your verification form is completely filled and returned our  European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the  release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to 
establish  contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the  batch and reference numbers to this letter.  Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and  press anonymity until the end of proceedings and beyond where they so  desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of  confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated  with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to  avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.    Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.  Yours faithfully,    James Sylvester.  Online coordinator for UKON-LINE  NATIONAL LOTTERY,  Sweepstakes International Program.  Open 7 days 8am-8pm    CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is  intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may 
contain  information that is 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.

*If you have received any other message of this kind and with this trademark,

for security reasons endevour to foward to your

 Foriegn Service Manger(Mr Michael Pawell)when completing your claims 
form.

This measures are taken to stop the abuse of this programme by un-know

 Internet Fraud Stars.    Copyright © 1994-2006 The UK On-Line National Lottery Inc.  All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

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