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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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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.
  • +447031845292 (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.
  • johnbriggs0001@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: National Lottery <uklot1@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 16:15:36 +0200
Subject: PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION














Head quarters The National LotteryP O Box 1010Liverpool, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)Ref: UK/9420X2/68Batch: 074/05/ZY369


YOU ARE ONE OF THE TWO WINNERS OF
COMPUTER PROMOTIONAL DRAW

THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement made on

2TH AUGUST, 2007.
Of winners of the EURO-AFRO-AMERICAN OMEGACROSSING.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

Note that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. Your email address, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 01, 02,13, 29,33, 49, consequently you have won in the fIrst category that is match 6

YOU HAVE WON ON THE COMPUTER BALLOT,
THE SUM OF
£1,289,184

PLEASE CONTACT

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

(DR.JOHN BRIGGS )

YOUR CLAIM AGENT.


(IMMEDIATE)

ON PHONE Number
+ 44 703 184 5292,

email:

johnbriggs0001@yahoo.com


CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM;










FILL THE BELOW FORM AND FORWARD TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT (DR.JOHN BRIGGS)

1). FULL NAME: ______________________________________________________________
2).NATIONALITY: ______________________________________________________________
3). DATE OF BIRTH ______________________________________________________________
4). SEX: ______________________________________________________________
5). MARITAL STATUS: _______________________________________________________________
6).CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________________________________________________
7).TELEPHONE NUMBER: ________________________________________________________________
8).OCCUPATION: ________________________________________________________________
9).WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________________________________________________
10).WINNING NUMBER:__________________________________________________________
11). TOTAL AMOUNT WON:______________________________________________________________


Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.Yours faithfully,Mrs Caroline Bridge.Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program.
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