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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • +447011133331 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712635914 (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.
  • acornexpresscourier07@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Sharon Cole" <sharon_cole@ukagentworld.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:59:56 +0000
Subject: VERIFICATION FORM/CONTACT THE COURIER DEPT.

HOME OFFICE: 165 FULHAM PALACE RD. W6 8JB UNITED KINGDOM.

(Customer Services)

REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14
BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458

 

 Dear Winner,
 
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. I am in receipt of your mail and I must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our winners in this year lucky dip sweepstakes. As you already know your email address was randomly selected along with others from over 125,000 website on the internet of which your email address was attached to a ticket number, and it was selected along with others as winners.

 

Your ticket number 023-1111-790-458 attached to your email address, with serial number 5073-12 drew the lucky numbers
05-11-12-16-17-45-42(bonus no.42),this lucky number subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

 

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £552,000,00 (Five hundred and fifty-two thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file  XYL/26510460037/04. This is from a total cash prize of £5,520,000,00(Five million, five hundred and twenty thousand pounds
sterling) shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners
in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

I have finally verified you r winnings and it's exactly with what is present on our Database. Your particulars have been documented for record purposes.

You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you.Please fill in the verification form provided below

VERIFICATION FORM
1.Full Name___________________________
2.Full Address_________________________
3.Marital Status_____________________
4.Occupation____________________
5.Age____________________________
6.Sex____________________________
7.Nationality___________________
8.Country Of Residence______________
9.Telephone Number_______________
10.Fax Number______________________
11.Ticket Number___________________
12.Reference Number_______________
13.Batch Number_________________ ___

                                     
Upon the reciept of the duly requested data, send a copy to the courier department  responsible for payment of your winnings; MR. FRANK WALES OF ACORN EXPRESS COURIER-

E-mail:acornexpresscourier07@yahoo.co.uk

Phone:+(+44)-701-113-3331
Fax:  +(44)-871-263-5914

 

He would be responsible for sending you the original copies of those documents which would require your signature. When the documents are couriered to you, you would sign them and return them to the courier company,from where it would be forwarded to the Lottery headquarters for final payment of your prize money. Please oblige to follow their instructions so the document can get to your present address on time. Do ensure to file your claims to them with a copy of your verification particulars and scaned copies of driver's lisence or any form of national identity.
Ensure to adhere to all instruction.

 

Regards,
Mrs. Sharon Cole
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

 

 

  

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All rights reserved.

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