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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.
  • claim_agent_pfish01@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <p_fish_1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <claim_agent_pfish01@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 17:46:35 -0700
Subject: WINNER!!!




THE NATIONAL LOTTERY. MORTIMER HOUSE ,MORTIMER STREET, LONDON, W1T3JH UNITED KINGDOM. ========================= Ref No: UKON-5464K2/71 Batch Number: AT-040SB06-03 Lucky Numbers: 34.13.26.19.02.12.[08] Bonus Ball
WINNING NOTIFICATION We happily announce to you the draw of the British lottery programs held on MAy 2007 in London, Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky numbers:34.13.26.19.02.12.[08}, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of GBP 500,000.00( Five hundred thousand, pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file UKON-5464K2/71. This is from a total cashprize of GBP 125 million pounds sterlings.To file for your claims, do fillout the form below :

FULLNAMES:.............................SEX............................................... AGE.............................................OCCUPATION:............................... ADDRESS:...................................STATE:........................................ COUNTRY:.................................PHONE #:............................. Ref #:............................... Batch #:..........................
NOTE: You are required to fill the VERIFICATION & FUNDS RELEASE FORM and return to FIDUCIARY DEPT via the contact below

FIDUCIARY DEPT: NAME: Mr Paulson FishEmail:claim_agent_pfish01@yahoo.com.hk
Sincerely, Karty White (Mrs) Zonal Co-ordinator
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