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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +447011140172 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: uknational lottery <uknationalclaim77@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:02:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: ATTENTION: Winner



The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Customer Service/Claims Department
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


ATTENTION: Winner,

How are you today?hope all is well. I am Mr,SONIA HILTON,UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Claim Security Agent here in the United Kingdom.The email you received is a winning notification of the recent lottery draws that was held in this company recently.

A draw was held recently in this office in which various software operators assisted in the Random Computer Selection system(RCSS) of email addresses from various website.The purpose was to select email address that will emerge winner of the lottery stake prize.On release of the results your email address was selected as a winner of 1,000,000.00 pounds(One Million Pounds Sterlings).

You are therefore required to forward to me immediately the under listed information on your claim verification form so as to enable us process your winning documents ,which will serve as clearance from this office to the delivery/security company that will release your winnings to you.

Also note that this promotion was organised here in the United Kingdom and prices cannot be collected from any Country outside the United Kingdom, since this programme was jointly sponsored by the "UK's Overseas Gambling Board.
Your winning information has to be very confidential until your winnings is transferred to you, in other words no one should know anything about this winnings to avoid all sort of terrorist attacks.

Full Name:...........................................
Gender:....................................................
Age.........................................
Marital Status..........................................
Nationality..............................................
Religion.................................................
Occupation...............................................
Home address:..................................................
Mobile phone No.......................................................
House Phone No.......................................................

Your are required to complete the claim verification form and return immediately for propper verification before the winnings can be released to you. Once again congratulations from all members and staffs of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD,

Best Regards
AGENT:SONIA HILTON
Phone: +447011140172


Congratulations from the Staffs & Members of the
National Lottery Board Commission
Mrs.Anne wreth Mr Sonia Hilton Dr. Danny Jordan
Co-ordinator Claim Agent Chief Executive Officer


Copyright ? 2007 UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INC.
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