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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.
  • +447011127895 (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.
  • claimsdepartment_richardness@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Online Coordinator" <ginacruz-52@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsdepartment_richardness@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:22:05 -0500
Subject: YOUR EMAIL JUST WON YOU...CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

National Lottery Headquarters
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
LONDON, United Kingdom.

Customer Service/Claims Department

Ref: BT:12052005/21
Batch: 12/25/0034 

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION 

With pleasure The National Lottery, organizers of the UK National Online sweepstakes promo, Euromillions, Daily Play, Thunderball, Lotto Hotpicks and Lotto Extra announce to you the result of draw #1154 of the UK National sweepstakes online International Program held on 20th Saturdayday, January 2007 in United Kingdom.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the Lucky numbers:

Draw #1154 SAT 20 Jan 07

 

                                                       Bonus

Which subsequently won you one of the lucky dip prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £850,330.00 (Eight Hundred and FiftyThousand Three Hundred and thirty Great British Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £5,952,310.00 (Five Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Two Thousand Three Hundred and Ten Great British Pounds Sterlings), shared amongst the Seven (7) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 1,000,000 unions, associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our British booklet representative office in England as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your ( £850,330.00 ) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). 

Our British agent will immediately commence the process 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 till 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 contact our Claims Agent via E-mail or phone call with the Information Below: 

Reference Number:

Batch Number:

Ticket Number:

Serial Number:

WINNERS INFORMATION
1.FULL NAMES: ...........................................................................
2.ADDRESS: .................................................................................
3.SEX: ..........................................................................................
4.AGE: .........................................................................................
5.MARITAL STATUS:....................................................................
6.OCCUPATION: ...........................................................................
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:.....................................................................
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:...............................................................
9. COUNTRY :................................................................................

 

Mr. RICHARD NESS

Claims/Customer Service Department
Email: claimsdepartment_richardness@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:  +44-701-112-7895

         +44-702-402-8148

 

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 14 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake.Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with your claims agent.

 

Thank you for being part of our promotional sweepstakes program.Once again congratulations from the entire staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Gina Cruz

 Online coordinator for UK MEGA JACKPOT PROMO

Copyright © 2007 UK MEGA JACKPOT Lottery Promotion

All rights reserved. Terms of Service -Guidelines.
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