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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • +447045734454 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +2348036238633 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • mr.richardonox@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "National Lottery United Kingdom" <uknatlotto2008@mailbox.hu>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 08:45:33 -0800
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOUR EMAIL WON THE LOTTERY($500,000.00).


*Office Of United Kingdom National Lottery
Dominions House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford Bristol BS34 8SR
TEL: +44 704 5734454
MOTTO: Eliminating poverty all over the globe

WINNING INFORMATION
-------------------
REF:................. ASL/26510460037/03
BATCH:................01/019/06
SERIAL N0:............4708-325
B44:..................8056490902
Ticket Number:........64479543465
Lucky Numbers:........4-13-33-37-42
Bonus Number:.........17009

WINNING NOTIFICATION
------------------------
We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 02Nd of June,
2008 from the United Kingdom National Lottery program Which is fully based
on an electronic election of winners using their e-mail addresses? Your
email was attached Ticket Number: 64479543465, B44 8056490902, Serial Number
4708-325 This batch draws the , Bonus Number: 17009, which consequently won
the lottery in the second category. You here by have been approved a lump
sum pay of $500,000 ( Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in cash
Credit File Ref Number : ILP/HW 7509/02 from the total cash prize shared
among eight lucky winners in this category.
This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by United Kingdom National Lottery
Foundation and the British Government as part of social responsibility to
alleviate poverty, and assist the Individuals victims of the London Bomb
Blast and the Hurricane Katrina Disaster in United States of America. 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 it trusteeship
in this lottery Scheme.
All participants were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from meanly North America which
Includes the United States, Mexico, Canada and Central Europe, London,
Spain, Africa and Asia,Oceania as part of our international promotions
program which is conducted annually.
We therefore advice every winner in this quarter to listen properly from the
advice from the Delivery agent so that they can discharge the duties
accordingly and expressly.


HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:
---------------------------------
Simply contact our African Affiliated representative, where your draw falls
with the following Information via email with your name and contact address:
He will guild you on how to claim your winning prize:
Name: Mr. Richard Onox
TEL: +234-803-623-8633
Email: mr.richardonox@yahoo.com

You have to contact Mr. Richard Onox With the following
information below:

# FULL NAME:................................
# SEX:.....................................
# ADDRESS:.................................
# COUNTRY:.................................
# FAX:.....................................
# PHONE NUMBER:............................
# OCCUPATION:..............................
# COMPANY'S NAME:..........................
# AGE:.....................................
# REF NUMBER:..............................

To file for your claim. Please quote your Date of draw, reference Number,
Batch Number and Winning Number, which can be found on the top-left corner
of this message. Also, you should give in your telephone number to help
locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
has been released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note: All winnings MUST be claimed on or before One Month; otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually sent back to Treasury in
our head office London.

Congratulations once again on your winning!

Best Regards.
Ms. Linna Martins
(Information Minister)

NOTE:To claim your prize contact ( Mr. Richard Onox )
with your winning information with the email mr.richardonox@yahoo.com

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