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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.
  • +447031840963 (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.
  • walterwright@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ukprogramme <walterwright@sify.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:55:16 -0600
Subject: NATIONAL WINNING NOTICE


UK-STAKE NATIONAL LOTTERY
184 WESTING FIELD DRIVE,S.W 4TH,
P.O.BOX 1010,
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM.

NATIONAL WINNING NOTICE

Ref: UKS/9410R2/03
Batch: 12/28/DEM32

We announce to you the draw (#938) of the UK Stake draw/Promotions held in Liverpool. Your email address was attached to ticket number 36475600545-187UK,with serial number 106508 with the numbers 4 as ball set used, drew the lucky numbers (19) (21) (22) (38) (44) (49) and Bonus
ball (45), this consequently won you the lottery draws. You are have been approved to claim the sum of £2,676,876 (Euro). The said amount is credited to file Ref number: UKS/9410R2/03 and Batch number:2/28/DEM32
respectively.

The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 25,000,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.
This Lottery is approved by the European Prize Consumer Award Promotion and also licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

In view of this, your £2,676,876 (Euro) will be released to you by our preferred payment center in London.

Our agent will immediately commence with the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him with the following information:
1. Your names:
2. Contact address:
3. Age:
4. Nationality:
5. Occupation:
6. Next of kin:
7. Phone Number:
8. Sex:
9 Amount won:
10. Email:


Mr. Walter Wright

TeL: (+44)-7031840963
Email walterwright@sify.com
Claims/Agent incharge.
UK-STAKE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Your prize is deposited safely with a security banking firm here in
England.

Please remember that, all prizes must be claimed not later than the 10th of October 2006. After this date, all funds not claimed will be returned as unclaimed.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank You for being part of our promotional lottery programme.
Sincerely,

Sir Wilford Smith
Zonal coordinator
UK-STAKE NATIONAL LOTTERY

Anti-fraud resources:

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