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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")
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +447031749349 (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.
  • uknlclaimsagent07@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: Uk National Lottery HQ <uk-lotto-online@web.de>
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:05:07 +0200
Subject: To Addressee Only




(The National Lottery logo)

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
P O Box 1010 Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services)
FROM: UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY.
WINNING NOTICE FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION Dear Lucky Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws of UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, no tickets were sold. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information:

* REF No: UKNL-L/200-26937
* BATCH No: 2007MJL-01
* TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
* SERIAL No: S/N-00168
* LUCKY No:
(Ball 4)(Ball 18)(Ball 22)(Ball 27)(Ball 44)(Ball 48) (Bonus Ball 33) Bonus

You as well as the other winner are therefore to receive a cash prize of £2.5Million. (Two Million Five hundred thousand) Great Britain Pound Sterlings each from the total payout.


Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report. To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below: To file for your claim, please contact the processing agent; MR RAY PAYTONTEL:(+44)703-174-9349Email: uknlclaimsagent07@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:uknlclaimsagent07@yahoo.co.uk] NOTE: You are also required to indicate what means you would prefer your winning remitted to you, either:<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> 1. Your winner cheque couriered to you 2. You receive your winning by telegraphic transfer from our associate bank to your bank account.Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence. You are to keep all lotto information away from the general public especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. Please Note; You are hereby advice to send us the following; 1. Your full name and address
2. Your personal phone and fax number, and
3. Your winning numbers. 4. Your Occupaton and Age5. Your Nationality and Country Reply to this confidential email account: uknlclaimsagent07@yahoo.co.uk [mailto:uknlclaimsagent07@yahoo.co.uk] Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program. Sincerely,
Mrs. Susan Anderson.
for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.


(Bonus Ball 33)
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