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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "foreign service manager" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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 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.
  • vicgardener07@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kate adams" <kateadams1000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vicgardener07@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:38:48 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE WON

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
REF. NUMBER: LIJ/365549/23 BATCH NO: 3321/MN

AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,21st Janaury,2007 of
winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE UNITED KINGDOM
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 15th december, 2006. Your email address
attached to ticket number 18-19-34-37-47023-56678230954, with serial number
5073-11 drew the lucky numbers , and consequently won the lottery in the 1st
category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of pounds
sterling 750.000.00 (SEVETY five hundred THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) credited
to file REF NO. SGIL/763276/03.

This is from total prize money of 24,000,000.00 pounds sterling shared among
the 50 international winners in 1st-3rdcategories. All participants were
selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email
addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New
Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.Below is our website.

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home

Your fund is now in custody of a financial/Securities company. Due to the
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly
confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to
your account. To receive your claim, please contact your file/claim
officer:VICTOR GARDENER FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER ULTIMATE CARRIERS AND
HANDLERS BV.lONDON,U.K Email:vicgardener07@yahoo.com All prize money must be
claimed Within ten working days.After this date, all funds will be returned
as unclaimed.NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of
your correspondences with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your
claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from our team
of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Note:
Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED. Please include
your private telephone and fax numbers while replying.
Sincerely,
TONY ABRAHAM/MRS KATE ADAMS
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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