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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • +447045725936 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348039486038 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "National Lottery Program" <uknlp11@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: revfrankmoore@live.com
Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 08:06:32 +0100
Subject: Your Email Have Won $850,000.00.


Office Of United Kingdom National Lottery
Dominions House Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford Bristol BS34 8SR
TEL: +44 704 572 5936
FAX: +44 704 421 8840



WINNINGS NOTIFICATION:

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 27th May 2008
from the United Kingdom National Lottery program.You here by have been
approved a lump sum prize payment of $850,000.00 ( Eight Hundred And Fifty
Thousand Dollars ) in cash Credit File from the total cash
prize shared among eight lucky winners in this category.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by United Nation Lottery Foundation
and the British Government as part of social responsibility to alleviate
poverty.This Program is under a strict supervision with British Government
to see that the purpose of transparency and decency
in observed and to avoid any unlawful manipulations it is drawn under a
tight environment to achieve the maximum result as all eyes are on the
British Government for its trusteeship in this lottery Scheme.All
participants were selected through an Email Electronic Balloting
System Drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from the following
countries which Includes the United States, Mexico,Canada, Central
Europe,Russia, Ukraine,London, Spain,Africa and Asia,Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted
annually.

WINNING IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS:

Batch number.....................NBM-EBS-390AF
Reff number........................NBM-EBS-719AF
Winning number...............NBM-EBS-798AF


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE.

Your Payment Approval File was sent to our affiliate office in
AFRICA-NIGERIA . You are to contact our AFRICA - NIGERIA Claims Agent .The
numbers above fall within the AFRICA-NIGERIA agent's Location , Send your
Identification Numbers/Your Personal Information to him so that he will
start processing your file for immediate payment:

Name: Rev.Frank Moore
Tel: +234-803-948-6038
Email: revfrankmoore@live.com

You are therefore advised to send the following Personal information state
bellow to him for immediate transfer of your prize to commence by the
appointed paying bank.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Full name..................
2. Nationality....................
3. Contact Address......
4. Telephone Number..
5. Marital Status.........
6. Occupation..............
7. Age..........................
8. Sex...........................


NOTE: KEEP YOUR WINNING INFORMATION VERY CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL YOU
RECEIVE YOUR CASH PRIZE.

" Congratulations "

Sincerely,

Mrs. Linna Martins
( Information Minister)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam