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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:

• 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)
• 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.
  • brlfiduciary_rex@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "brlpromotion@terra.es" <brlpromotion@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:59:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: BRL NOTIFICATION STATUS (WINNER)



UKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).Date: 08/09/06=20
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National Lottery =20
P O Box 1010 =20
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/05 =20
Batch: 074/05/ZY369=20
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=20
=20
=20
=20
WINNING NOTIFICATION =
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We happily announce to you the draw (#978) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, onli=
ne Sweepstakes International program held on 16Th July 2007.Your e-mail add=
ress attached to ticket number: 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 j=
ack pot lotto winners drew the lucky numbers:(-02-06-21-34-35-49-(46)"bonus=
no 46. which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e. mat=
ch 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of =
=C2=A3950.000 (nine hundred and fifty thousand pound sterling) in cash c=
redited to file KTU/9023118308/03 in a total sum of =C2=A33,800,000.00 lot=
to jackpot shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this categor=
y i.e. Match 5 plus! Bonus with percentage 16.9% All participants for the=
online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through co=
mputer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, an=
d corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekl=
y.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information co=
nfidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in =
whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part! of our prec=
autionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this pr=
ogram. Please be warned.=20
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciaryagent:For payment, plea=
se do provide with the following informations: And send to our Fiduciary Ag=
ent.
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YOUR FULLNAME:=20
YOUR SEX:
YOUR ADDRESS:
YOUR COUNTRY:=20
YOUR FAX:
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:=20
OCCUPATION:
YOUR COMPANY'S NAME:
YOUR AGE:
YOUR REF NUMBER:
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Name: Mr.Rex Darlington
Email:brlfiduciary_rex@yahoo.co.uk=20
Yours faithfully,
Brain Hunt.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY
Brain Hunt
Controller





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