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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier service" (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!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +447045706754 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: HOPKINS CHAMBERS <hopkinslawchambers@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:36:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS AND RELEASE DEPARTMENT.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!!
BRITISH(UK) NATIONAL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY>IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).


ATTN:Dear Winner,
PROCEDURE TO CLAIM PRIZE:
On behalf of the entire Promo Board, I say congratulations to you for being a Winner in this 2nd category. We have received your e-mail with utmost delight in the Sweep Stakes International programs held in London,With
regards to your email,Your winning has been Validated and accredited as well.
All the few eligible winners were contacted personally.It is important for you to know that all participants were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' site through computer ballot system and extracted from over 100,000 companies names and individual email addresses.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you,following further advise from the Lottery Coporation Payment Service (L.C.P.S). This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
However, we have been assigned as the claims agents who would assist all
Oversea Winners in this 2nd category in the processing and ultimately to the payment of your Sweep Stake Lotto prize £1,000,000.00 (One Million
pound Sterling) to you, credited to Ref:BTL/491OXI/04 Payout will be done after your claims Documents has been successfully processed,verified and legalized and funds approved for payout by the Lottery Coporation Payment Service (L.C.P.S).
Attached to this email,is the OFFICIAL UK NATIONAL LOTTERY CLAIMS
VERIFICATION FORM.

You are required to complete and return this form immediately without any
further delay,for further processing and verification of your claims.
Before passing your files to our Payment Agent,so that they can proceed
with the effecting release of your claims(Prize Redemption) i.e for the immediate payment of your Funds to you.The form can be returned to us via email

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY VERIFICATION FORM
Please fill in the appropriate information in the space below by
copying
the CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM and pasting on a new compose page of your
email
box before filling then send:-
FULLNAME:......................................................................................................................................................................
FORWARDING

ADDRESSE:.............................................................................................................................................................

CITY/STATE:....................... COUNTRY OF

ORIGIN:.........................................................................................................

MARITAL
STATUS:...........................................................................................................................................................

NATIONALITY..............SEX..................................................................................................................................

DATE OF
BIRTH:...............................................................................................................................................................

TEL/FAX NR:
.........................OCCUPATION:.....................................................................................................................
CURRENT

EMAIL:..............................................................................................................................................................
Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.
(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight
itinerary to confirm your
arrival/appointment Date} :.........................


(2) BY COURIER SERVICE :.....................


(3) ELECTRONIC WIRE TRANSFER................

You would be required to comply with our procedures, as these are mere formalities that would guarantee payout to all qualified winner in the various Category.

Furthermore, all Winning Funds should be claimed not later than the stipulated deadline. After this date, all Unclaimed Funds will be returned to the BRITISH (UK) NATIONAL LOTTERY CORPORATION for the next sweepstake.
This promo is governed and monitored by the Europe Lottery Commission of 2007 and censored.
We will anticipate your response soon.

Note :You are warned to keep confidential to yourself ,as this is the
number criteria for you to receive your winning, if your winning
information is provided to us by another party, both of you will be
disqualified automatically .So be Warned!

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Ashley Richard
Foreign Services Manager,
Claims Release Department,
British (UK) National Lottery,
OCEANIC B.T COMPANY,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:+447045706754
CONTRACTED FIRM:HOPKINS CHAMBERS
website:www.hopkinschambers.iwarp.com

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
COPYRIGHT © 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




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