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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 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:
  • ",500,000" (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.
  • +447031872651 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448717151229 (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.a@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • claims_agent@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "IMPACTWINNERS LOTTERY.UK." <claims_department@enownow.com>
Reply-To: claims.a@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:48:07 +0200
Subject: CLAIM YOUR AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IMPACTWINNERS LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
KLeen Wood,dlover Road martinslow,
Thompson west lk 9gh
LONDON, ENGLAND,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Registration UKl12996755k).

Dear Winner

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement that you are one of our winner of the IMPACTWINNERS LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND international Lottery programs. The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 21,000 e-mail addresses.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of three winners in the category "A" with the following winning information: You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000 (Two Million five hundred pounds sterling)which was played on the 18th of FEBRUARY 2008.

=================================
REF: UKE/90548940/20.
TICKET No:444-00-555-0820
=================================
To file for your claim, please contact our affiliate shipping/payment agent:

CONTACT NAME:MR.JACK MARTINS
CITY/ COUNTRY: London.
TEL: +44-703-187-2651
FAX: +44-87-1715-1229
Email:claims.a@gmail.com
Email:claims_department@enownow.com


Do fill out the claims form to him in other to process the claims of your prize without delay.



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PAYMENT PROCESSINGFORM

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1.) FULL NAME:

2.) AGE:

3.) SEX:

4.)ADDRESS:

5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:

6.) STATE/PROVINCE:

7.) COUNTRY:

8.)PHONE:

9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:

10.) COMPANY:

11.) TICKETNUMBER:

12.) REFERENCE NUMBER:

13.) EMAILADDRESS:

14.)ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVINGLICENSE:

15)Mode of collection:

(i) Through BankTransfer...









Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
MR.EDWARD RAYMOND.
Email: claims_agent@indiatimes.com
DIRECTOR OF PROMOTION.


BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS.

THE OAKROOM LOUNGE.

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