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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims 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.
  • +447045700767 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704792364 (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.
  • claims.assistance2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LOTTERY BOARD" <uknlboard02@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: claimsagent_ukpromo2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:05:40 +0000
Subject: WE HAPPILY ANNOUNCE TO YOU

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded
UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY draw held on the 11th of
OCTOBER,2007.

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
ticketswere sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of the two winners in the category
\\\"A\\\ with REF No: UK/9420X2/68

You as well as the several lucky winners in this category are
thereforeto receive a cash prize of 864,008 ( Eight Hundred and Sixty
-Four Thousand, and Eight British Pounds Sterlings) each from the total
payout.To begin the claims processing of your prize
winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims
agent for category \\"A\\ winners.

To file for your claim,please contact the Claims Agent :
Name: SIR NEWTON EDMOND

Official Emails: claims.assistance2007@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 70457 00767 FAX: +44 870 479 2364
NOTE: You are to forward the following information to the claims agent:

1.FULL NAMES: 2.ADDRESS: 3.SEX: 4.AGE: 5.MARITAL STATUS:6.OCCUPATION:
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS: 8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:9.AMOUNT WON: 10. COUNTRY

Congratulations !
BELA DAVIES( MRS.)

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