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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +447031942033 (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.
  • agent10010lauracurtis@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY <directive_claims16@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <agent10010lauracurtis@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 14:27:51 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS


















































PROMOTIONS HEADQUATERS
The National Lottery P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services) Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw(#11197) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstake international program held on Wed 13th Jun 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers below:
Draw 1197 Wed 13 Jun 07


Bonus Ball


TO WINNER IN OUR PROGRAM
We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer ballotingsweepstake .This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internetusers;therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for the game.However, your email address was attached to ticket number 56475600545 188 with serial number 5368/02 . which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws.
This is from a total cash prize of £976,290. shared amongst the (5) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly fromWorld Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listedonline. This promotion takes place weekly.
Therefore, you have won a lottery jackpot prize awards of
£195,258.


Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group ofphilanthropist, industrialists from the internet hardware industry and someother big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.
OUR SPONSORS
You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.
Ref No: UK/9420X/68,
Batch No: 074/05/ZY369



Customer Fiduciary Unit

Email: agent10010lauracurtis@yahoo.co.uk
Processing Manager: MRS LAURA CURTIS


Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, andpress anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they sodesire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality
until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!At your disposal, we remain.Very Truly Yours,RICHARD K LLOYDS(Mr),Director.International Promotions Unit
Online co-ordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone:+44-703-194-2033
www.national-lottery.co.uk

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