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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:
  • "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.
  • +27839565147 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • officelotteryconsultant@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "United Kingdom National Lottery" <uknalotpro5@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:58:41 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS/ WINNING NOTIFICATION.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 

The United Kingdom National Lottery

Headquarters Po Box 1010 Liverpool

L70 1NL Customer Service 580 NCA 85914,

United Kingdom.

 

Attn: Sir/Madam

 

 Reference Number: ZZA/FLS/ZR39/825P
 Batch Number: 974/742/363/BNN 

                                     

                                       AWAD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

The United Kingdom National Lottery is pleased to announce to you the results of the winners in our weekly online Sweepstakes International program.  

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564/756/005/451/88 with Serial number: 53/68/02 drew lucky numbers: 10-12-13-17-31-37 (Bonus Ball No.44), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

 

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of  sum of £490,000 (Four Hundred And Ninety Thousand Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file number: TU/9023118308/03. This is from a  total cash prize of £3,800,000 shared amongst the first Nine (9) international lucky winners in the second category.

 

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from  World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online which are America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania,  and your e-mail address was among the lucky winners shortlisted in the draw.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Afro booklet representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £490,000.00 (Four Hundred and Ninety Thousand Pounds Sterling) would be released to you through our Africa Agent.

 

To file for your claim, contact our accredited African agent immediately by phone or e-mail for processing and remittance of your prize money to you. His contact information is as follows: --

 

Mr. William Damborri

Tel: +27 83 956 5147

officelotteryconsultant@yahoo.co.uk  

Office: 132-133 Parkhurst Balfour

Unit (F), Johannesburg Gauteng

2001 South Africa.

 

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

 

Note: in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your Refereance Number: ZZA/FLS/ZR39/825P and batch numbers: 974/742/363/BNN in all correspondence and also contact your claim agent as directed.

 

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

 

BELOW ARE THE SPONSORS OF THIS PROGRAM

  
Dr. P. Swier (CEO), Mr. Gerald Markson  (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Lonni K Anderson (Legal Representative), Mrs. Lyudmyla Marchukova(Regional Manager), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman), Mr. Chris Moritz(International Relation Officer).

                                                           

                    Congratulations from the Staff & Members of the 
                       National Lottery Board Commission  

                                      

    Mrs Jennifer Dave                 Mr. William Damborri                      Mr. John  Cole        
(Online Co-ordinator Sec.)        (African Claim Agent)                (Zonal Co-ordinator)   

                                       

 

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