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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.
• 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.
  • macmash_uklot@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • macmash_uklott@uk2.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK LOTTERY <uk4lott08@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <macmash_uklot@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:36:36 -0400
Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN EMERGE AS A WINNER!





UK LOTTERY
The National Lottery

What Lottery Should Be!


P .O BOX 1010,
LIVERPOOL,L7 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM Ref: UK/7560X2/82 Batch: 096/58/KJ383
Date: 16th May,2007 YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!
We happily announce to you the draw (1067) of the LONDON LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held 9th May 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:---------------- which drew with the lucky winning numbers:(04)-(22)-(32)-(37)-(48) (49) which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 850,000 ( Eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings)credited to file KTU/7024118908/04. This is from a total cash prize of 4,250,000 G B P shared amongst the first five(5)lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected randomly from WorldWide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This promotion takes place Yearly. And for your information it will last for 3 months starting from on the 10th of March 2007 and it will end 20th May 2007. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
In view of this, your 850,000 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterlings) would be released to you by giving you a draft or any means of payment you will prefer and note that there will be a party celebrations for all the winners as soon as the promo ends okey.. Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our Financial Handler to confirm your Batch number and Winning number.
MR.MAC MASHHead of Accounts/Financial Handler,Email: macmash_uklot@yahoo.co.uk , macmash_uklott@uk2.net
Tel.....44 702 406 4680

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK LOTTERY. Online coordinator for UK LOTTERY, Online Uk International Program. (UNITED KINGDOM)Open 7 days 8am-8pm
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