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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 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.
  • +447045729759 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: CLAIMS UNIT OFFICE <casinoclaimsunit@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:22:34 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} Treat As Urgent.



National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Mady Neu ,
Your mail was recieved here in our office and we understand clearly the weldings of it.

For more explanation you have won the Casino Uk National Lottery and we are required to process your winning prize to you . The last mail we sent you is for you to choose the mode by which you want your winning prize to be sent to you. Do not be confused for your prize is here in our office .

Do get back to me as soon as possible.



Good luck and Congratulations once again do endeavour to get back to us as soon as possible so that we can provide you the payment information.

Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address



Thanks,
Claims Unit,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Tel: +44 704 572 9759 +44 (0) 702 406 5648.


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