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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.
  • +447045710473 (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_ukjackpot@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOAN LEE" <uk_jackpot8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: claimsdepartment_ukjackpot@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:59:20 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!

 

             

406 BURY NEW ROAD,WHITEFIELD, MANCHESTER M45 7SX, U.K.     

 

REFERENCE Nº: EGS/2251256003/03
BATCH Nº: 14/0017/1PD

AWARD NOTIFICATION

U.K National Lottery Program wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery program held on 14th February, 2007 in celebration of our third anniversary. Your email account was selected as a winner of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Only out of our Sixty-Six Million Pounds Splash on this Anniversary.This result is now made available to you and your email address attached in the Category A bonus ball 02, 03, 21, 24, 38, 44, and bonus ball 47. Participants were selected through a computerized ballot system drawn from company and individual email addresses users because you selected email marketing news while signing up for your email address.
We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program. For the release of your winnings, kindly contact the Claims Department with the following details to expedite the processing of your prize winning.

1. Full name and address.
2. Country of Residence
3. Tel and fax number.
4. Occupation.

To begin your claim, please contact our Claim Manager Mr. Frank Wood at the Claim Department
Immediately with the following email address;

claimsdepartment_ukjackpot@yahoo.co.uk

Or on this telephone lines open 24 hrs
+44 7045710473


All winning must be claimed not later than two weeks from the date of receipt of this email. After this date all prize winning will treated as Unclaimed

Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in all correspondence.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our special quarterly promotional Lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs. Joan Lee(Information and Promotion Manager)

 

 

 

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