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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 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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447031819599 (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.
  • uknationallotto04@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Martin Mr Rose" <ukwinners73js@yamal.info>
Reply-To: uknationallotto04@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:30:21 +0200
Subject: Re: Ref: UKNL/08/821/582/QE32

[image: The National Lottery Logo]* * *THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010
LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)*

*Ref: UKNL/08/821/582/QE32
Batch: UKNG8/A115-07*



*Dear Lucky Winner,*

**

*Flash Budget Finance Lottery of British International Lottery Program
wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery
program by the British International Lottery Program held on May 24th,
2008. Your email account was selected as a winner of Five Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Pounds Only. *

**

*This result is now made available to you and your email address
attached in the Category A bonus ball [image: Lotto Ball number 7][image:
Lotto Ball number 14][image: Lotto Ball number 29][image: Lotto Ball number
37][image: Lotto Ball number 41][image: Lotto Ball number 45] [image: Lotto
Bonus Ball number 4] and bonus ball
[image: Lotto Ball number 37]. Participants were selected through a
computerized ballot system
drawn from company and individual email addresses users. *

**

*We advice that you keep your winning information confidential until
your claims has been processed and your money released to you. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. For the release of your winnings, kindly contact
your claims agent with the following details to expedite the processing
of your prize winning. *

**

*Details Of Beneficiary*
*


Name(Surname First):.........
Address:............................
Country:...........................
Telephone:........................
Gender:.............................
Marital Status:.................

Age:.................................
Occupation:.....................
Email Address:..................



*

*To begin your claim, please contact our Claim Manager at the Claim
Department immediately with the following email address; *

**

*Name: Mr. Harry Wilson
Email: uknationallotto04@gmail.com<http://us.f384.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=uknationallotto04@gmail.com>
*

*Telephone Number: +447031819599*

**

*All winning must be claimed not later than two weeks from the date
of receipt of this email. After this date all prize winning will
treated as Unclaimed *


*Note in order to avoid unnecessary delays; remember to quote your
Reference and Batch numbers in all correspondence. Congratulations once
again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our special
quarterly promotional Lottery program. *

**

*Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Rose Martin
(Information and Promotion Manager)*


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* [image: You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize] *
* Copyright � 1994-2008 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline*
*
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