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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:
  • "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • +447011127703 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704713436 (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.
  • nklclaims.agent@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jean-Philippe Fortin <lordgipi@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 17:49:17 +0000
Subject: Fake loto check this out plz



Hi i have just received this i am from Québec canada plz send me back a answer plz and tanks continue your good works agains those who wants tu FUCK us up bye!!!





NKL INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMPUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENTOtto Fans Inn.Andreas WulffPostfach 5227, 26042 Oldenburg, LondonUnited Kingdom PRIZE AWARD This is to inform you of the results of the draws of our NKL INTERNATIONALLOTTERY PROGRAM (NKL LOTTERY) held on the 1st of September 2008 in theUnited Kingdom. We are pleased to notify you, as a Winner in this Programand you have been awarded with a cash prize of £900,000.00(nine hundredthousand British Pounds) The selection process was carried out throughrandom computer balloting from an online database of World Wide Web sitesof over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of theworld.And your email address was selected among the 10 Lucky Winners inthis Program. This Program is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed byThe International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). ThisPromotional Program is the 5th in its series which we intend to hold itannually in comformity with our corporate policy and sense of civicresponsibilities. Your Draw Code Number is 10-12-13-17-31-37-44 and yourReference Number is NKL-NL/02CTG/3103/14UK To begin the processing of yourprize you are to contact our European booklet representative claims officeas allocated to your Draw Code number.You are to make contact with theClaims Office with the information below: Rev Micah AbrahamsTel: +44-7011127703Fax: +44-870 4713436+44-870 4713437Email: nklclaims.agent@yahoo.ca Your Full NamesCountryOccupationAgeMarital StatusTicket NumbersLucky NumbersPhone/Fax Numbers You are to contact the Claims Office immediatelty with your Draw Code andReference Numbers. (IMPORTANT NOTICE) *Winners are advised to keep theirwinning details/information from the public, to avoid fraudulent claimspending the final transfer/claim by Winner. Method Of Recieving Prize 1: Cash Pick Up In United Kingdom 2:Issuing A Cashier Check In Your Name (This Will Be Couriered To YouThrough A Courier Firm ) *All Staff of the NKL Group are not to partake in this PromotionalProgram.Accept our hearty congratulations ! Regards,Mrs Betty LincolnHead of Public Relations Dept. CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, isintended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may containinformation that is privileged, confidential and prohibited fromunauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intendedrecipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying ofthis message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message inerror, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies ofthe original message.

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