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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")
  • ",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)
• 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.
  • +447031871731 (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.
  • claimcenter8@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claimcenter8@inmail24.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Uk National Lottery <ukntly31@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:36:12 +0000
Subject: From---Dr.Mrs. Sandra Briggs




British Lottery board 2008 Notification










WINNING NOTIFICATION.

Uk Lottery Award Promotion Programme


British Lottery Award Promotion ProgrammeHeadquarters: 1a, Bexon Court CarltonNottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ EssexUnited KingdomLottery Co-ordinator,Dr.Mrs. Sandra BriggsChairperson Lottery Organized Committee Dr. Mrs. Jenniffer Gray.Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex United Kingdom.


Attn:Sir/Madam,British Lottery board! announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the ongoing Micro-soft Lottery Draw for the year, 2008. All 10 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada , Australia , United States , Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is conducted annually,consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of £930,000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS ONLY ).
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational Micro-Soft companies and arts councils of England as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities and the whole world where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European representative office, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of £930,000.00 will be released to you from this regional branch office in United Kingdom or otherwise specified
your identification numbers are,Customer Service: 680 NCA 85914Ref: EAAL/851OYHI/04 Batch No Lotto 6/49 Draw Coupon : Match 6+BRef No: 474061725/04,Batch: 7056490902/188,Winning No: GB8701/LPRC
FOR YOUR CLAIMS
please contact our certified and accredited corresponding agent in United Kingdom immediately for category "A" winners for quick and urgent release of your fund,

contact information is as follow: Mr.Gary Neville 30 Prospect Hill, Galway United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 703 187 1731
Email:claimcenter8@yahoo.co.uk
Email:claimcenter8@Inmail24.com

You are required to provide the claims agent with the under listed information as soon as possible:A. Name In Full:................................B. Residential Address:.....................................C. Alternative email Address:.......................... D. Nationality:.................................E. Age:.........................................F. Sex:..........................................G. Occupation:..................................H. Marital Status:..............................I. Phone:.......................................J. Fax:........................................Wining References:Total AmountWon:.....................................................Ref No: ........................................Batch No: ............................................Winning No:........................................

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
(a) Note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, failing which would lead to disqualification and winnings Forfeiture.Winners are therefore advised to expedite their claims process.
(b) Being one of the lucky winners, you constitute entrant's full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of our terms and conditions of claims to avoid any discrepancy in the cause of payment of your prize awards winning.
(c) To avoid double claims, you are advised to keep your winning details as confidential as possible,any discrepancies resulting from a breach of this Confidentiality on the part of the winners will be covered solely by such winner as our staffs are bound by the oath of secrecy taken on employment.

Yours SincerelyDr.Mrs. Sandra BriggsBritish National Lottery Co-Ordinator.Congratulations Once again
We thank you for being part of our Promotions programme. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.The British International Lottery board winning draw is conducted in each quarter of the year .

This email is confidential. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by other legal rules. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately on the telephone number given below and delete the message from all locations on your computer. You should not copy this email or use it for any purpose or disclose its contents to any other person: to do so may be unlawful.Copyright © 2005-2010 the National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline100860 8556 2548 9576UK
British Lottery is a free service that does not require you to register or be a Microsoft ! Registered user before winning

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