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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +447035901074 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712397031 (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.
  • mr_richard_spencer002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Julliet Bretham <julliet.bretham11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr_richard_spencer001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:43:36 -0700
Subject: CONGRATULATION !!! Reference number for your prize is
PILS/SA/UK/69-810278



It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged as a Category "A" winner of the International Premier Lotto United Kingdom.
You are entitled to a prize sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds; Reference number for your prize is PILS/SA/UK/69-810278, ticket number A/04-3919.
As a category A winner, you have been selected from a total number of Twenty Five Thousand names drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, Middle East and America. After the computer ballot of our International Promotions Program, only six winners emerged in the category and therefore both are to receive payouts of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds from the total Twenty Seven Million British Pounds for second category winners. This is part of the Country's Programme to fund for the Olympic Games in 2012 The1.5bn Olympic lottery puzzle (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4719851.stm)The Lottery must raise 1.5bn over the next seven years to pay its share of the public money going into the Olympics. A further 650m will be raised from council tax in London and another 250m fromthe London Development Agency, while similar sums will be raised from ticket sales, marketing, sponsorship and the sale of television rights. 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 4,500,000 Four Million and Five Hundred thousand British Pounds will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. To immediately collect your prize, please contact our Category "A" financial handlers with information below: Mr. Richard SpencerPremium Finance & Trust LtdUnited KingdomTel: +44-703-590-1074Fax: +44-87-1239-7031Email 1: mr_richard_spencer001@yahoo.co.ukEmail 2: mr_richard_spencer002@yahoo.co.uk Provide prize reference number-PILS/SA/UK/69-810278 and winning ticket number-A/04-3919 for confirmation. In your best interests, you must initiate contact within one week of receipt of this correspondence. You are also advised to send a copy of this Email, either by fax or email, to your financial handler Mr. Richard Spencer when contacting him. You are to keep all lottery information from the public as we will not entertain cases of multiple claims processing or compromise the privacy and security for all winners.
We congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.
Thank your sincerely,

Julliet Bretham,The lottery CoordinatorInternational Premier Lotto United Kingdom Great Surry House 203 Black Friars Road, London SE1 8NH

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