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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:

• 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.
  • +447031959023 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447031959036 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <customercare_department06@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:56:57 -1000
Subject: {Disarmed} Your email address emerged as one of the Winners.

The Camelot Group,:
Operators of The National Lottery.

3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

REF Nº: UKL/941OYI/02/07

BATCH Nº: 2007/UKL/0011

Dear Lucky Winner,
 

                      RE: ANNUAL LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION
 
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HIGH-STAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.
 
The online Cyber Lotto Email draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 1,000,000 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from over 1000 popular domains including Companies, private and public enterprising domains. However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy.
 
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of the twelve winners in the first category with the following data
 
Ref Number: UKL/941OYI/02/07
Batch Number: 2007/UKL/0011

Ticket Number: 0117469 

Lucky Numbers: < IMG alt="Ball number 35" src="http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/i/small_balls_lotto/lotto_balls_small_35_redbg.gif"> 

 
You as well as the other winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of  £ 974,363.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS ONLY) each from the total payout.
 Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting the requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
 
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited Financial Solicitor/Logistics Company for first category winners with the information below:
 
Mr. Tony Duke,
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release Order Dept.
Company: Adexec Logistics International.

Tel No: +44 703-1959-023
Tel No: +44-703-1959-036
Fax No: +44-709-287-2920

 

You are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail by sending the underlisted information to our accredited Logistics Company :

 

1. Full name and address.
2. Country.
3. Tel and fax number.
4. Occupation.
5. Your age and Sex

 

CLICK HERE   TO SEND THE INFORMATION

 

 

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed within 20 days from today. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next year stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence with the Payment and Release Order Department of Adexec Logistics Company.
 
You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).
 
Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

Thank you and congratulations!!!
 

Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Cynthia Hendick

Coordinator

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Mrs. Cynthia hendick ( Co-ordinator), Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden  (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit  Department),  Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer  (Chairman)..

Copyright 2007 Europe Union Lottery International

 

 

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