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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • +447011137034 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: jason karter <jasonkarter11@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:50:02 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CONTACT THE PAYMENT BANK FOR WINNINGS DISBURSEMENT.






Dear Prize winning:Else Vog,




All lottery winning documents and cheque duly processed and approved have been received from the British Gaming Council and Inland Revenue Office. Taking into cognizance the nature of the funds, United Kingdom Financial Security Act requires Resident lottery winners to have an intermediary bank in the United Kingdom responsible for lottery winnings cheque deposit, clearance and wire transfer of winning entitlement to your designated account. Nationwide bank, United Kingdom branch has been authorized to handle this process and conclude payment via wire transfer to your bank. You should contact their regional office via email below:

Marlene Mason
Account Department
E-mail: account@nationwide.e-bankers.org.uk
Tel: +44-701-113-7034

Further information on requisites associated with wire transfer proceedings will be disclosed by the aforementioned financial institution. Endeavour to contact their regional office at your earliest convenience. They will be looking forward to the payment transfer of your winnings. Thank you.


This is to formally inform you that your lottery winnings is in the bank's possession as a bank draft of 1,700,000 Euros (One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Euros). prior to wire transfer to your designated Account. Before this financial institution can proceed with wire transfer of your lottery funds, you have to be acquainted with United Kingdom banking system financial laws for international wire transfer of funds acquired from lotteries, bets and charities to non-residents outside the United Kingdom. Our financial dealings and Accounts are subject to all laws, rules and regulations as stipulated by the appropriate financial regulatory bodies that are now in effect or hereafter ammended.

All non-residents requesting a wire transfer to an overseas bank must have an intermediate bank in the United Kingdom. This financial institution is a go between the client's foreign bank and the United Kingdom Banking System.

Nationwide bank acts as the intermediary bank and to facilitate wire transfer directly to your account, you are required to operate an account in this financial institution before they can commence with the electronic funds transfer (EFT) of your lottery winnings. Upon activation of your account, the funds in international bank draft will be deposited in this newly opened account. Release of these funds into this account will take a maximum of 2-3 days after which wire transfer can be initiated directly to your local account by you utilizing your exclusive account number and pin code.

Do not hesitate to contact the payment bank via e-mail before the close of business hours today and ensure you call the number of the account department of the payment bank asking to speak directly to the Head of Account Department, Sir Ian McKinley.

Sincerely,

Mr Jason Karter
Prize/processing unit
UK Mega Jackpot Lotteries.

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