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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")
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447031891391 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704792762 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • bruceanderson2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: british national <ritishwin@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <britluckiwina@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 09:42:13 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!




From: Mr. Clifford Blair British National Lottery Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex United Kingdom Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914 Ref No: EAASL/9410Y1/04
Batch No: 12/25/DC34Tel: +44 70318 91391Fax: +44 870479 2762Dear sir/ madam This is to announce Wednesday 4th of July 2007 result of winners of our yearly BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY GAME PROMOTION held in LONDON on Sunday 1st of July 2007. Your email address attached to ticket number 05-765204AC; with serial number 00349 draw the lucky numbers 5-9-31-20, and consequently won the lottery in category "C" You are therefore entitled to a cash award £1,000,000,00 (One Million British Pounds Sterling) File REF NO. MLI/SMA/2005-001. This is from total prize money of £22,000,000.00 shared among the international winners in our category "C" All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 15,000 company email addresses and 35,000,000 individual email addresses from across the Globe as part of International Promotional Program, which is conducted annually. Due to the mix up of some email addresses, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist promoted and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent personalities like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate Organisations. This lottery program was organized to improve the use of computer softwares and for the benefit of every Microsoft user.
To file your claim, please fill the form below and contact your claims agent whose details is given below.:

Name_____________________________________

Country__________________________________

Occupation_______________________________

Sex______________________________________

Age_______________________________________

Tel/Fax___________________________________

Account no ___________________________________

Bank name/address___________________________________
CLAIM AGENT CONTACT.
Name :Mr.Bruce Anderson
Email Address: bruceanderson2007@yahoo.co.uk
Office Phone number :+(44)-703-194_6549(Outside UK)Please be informed that all winning must be claimed on or before
15th of July 2007. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agents or us. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program that has successfully won this competition. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program
Mr. Brian Hunt.
Online coordinator
_________________________________________________________________
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