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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• 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.
  • +447024034362 (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.
  • frankwill65@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "wonemail1 unitedkingdomlottery" <wonemailx1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:03:58 +0100
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!YOUR EMAIL HAVE WON A UK NATIONAL LOTTERY 2008.


[image: [UK National Lottery Logo]]<http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Logo.html>
[image: The National Lottery
Logo]<http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do>
*WINNING NOTIFICATION!!

**UK National Lottery.
8 LOWER MALL, HAMMER SMITH.
Liverpool, L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE PROMOTION MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.*
*
Dear Lucky Winner!*

This Message is from the Uk National Lottery Promotional Manager, We are
here to announce to you that your Email is among the 10 International Lucky
Winners of the Uk National Lottery 2008, third Category Draw.

All Participants of the Uk National Lottery were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from (£2.500,000) email addresses of individuals and
companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business
Promotions lottery held here in Uk London (ENGLAND).

Note: that your email address qualified for the draw, as a result of you
visiting various websites we are running the E-business promotions for
You/Your Company email address.
We therefore approved you a lump sum pay out of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) in cash, which is the winning payout for third
category winners.
This is from the total of £2.500,000 pounds sterlings shared among the (10)
international lucky winners who won on the 17th july 2008, your ticket
number is attached to it, Please be informed that your fund of £250,000.00
(TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) is insured in the email address
that won this prize, therefore you should contact your claims agent and
make available to him your full names and Informations so that they will
re-insure your WINNERS CERTIFICATE under your full names. you have to
hurry up and contact Him immediately.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent (Mr.Frank WILL).
FINAL PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION.

your prize of £250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS) WILL BE
released to you through our regional head branch office in (WEST AFRICA)
where your email payment center falls in. This is as part of our
international promotions draws according to the second category winners of
this lottery promotion.

NOTE: Due to mix up of some numbers and names, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and
your money remitted to your nominated bank which you will make available to
the Deposited Paying Center. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants where selected through a computer/mail balloting system
drawn from (6.500,000) EMAIL addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually. This Lottery
was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational/International companies and also the united kingdom
Government. *
*
DATE OF WINNING : 17th JULY 2008.
BELOW IS YOUR WINNING INFORMATIONS:

*[image: [Winning Numbers]]<http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Winning_index.html>

*WINNING NUMBER ---------------------------------#893 (1, 4, 7, 10, 16,23 ,
26).

BATCH NUMBER------------------------------------O7410512436924369

REF. NUMBER: ---------------------------------------UK/9420X2/68.



NOTE: THAT ALL THE WINNERS SHOULD PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIAL CLAIMS AGENT
(MR. FRANK WILL.)

CONTACT THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AGENT
FOR PROCESSING AND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR PRIZE THROUGH HIS EMAIL ADDRESS
AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.
NAME: MR. FRANK WILL.
EMAIL: frankwill65@yahoo.com<http://uk.mc283.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=frankwill65@yahoo.com>

TELEPHONE NUMBER: +447024034362


*
*
*FROM THE PROMOTIONAL MANAGER*
*UK NATIONAL LOTTERY*
*MR RICHARD K. LIOYD.*

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