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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:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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 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.
  • uklottolottery1987@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dr alex smith <dralex1987@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uklottolottery1987@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 03:44:50 -0700
Subject:
WINNINGS NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS!!!! FOR YOUR ATTENTION/VERY URGENT
UK-LOTTO ORGANIZATION


WINNINGS NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATIONS!!!! FOR YOUR ATTENTION/VERY
URGENT UK-LOTTO ORGANIZATION
Ticket Free/Online Winnings and Notification
Department
Online winnings dept.
Ref Number: UK/9420X2/68
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369 WINNINGS NOTIFICATION OF US$4.2M We
happily announce to you the draw of the Uk-Lotto Sweepstake Lottery
International programs held in Bangkok Thailand on the 8th of
August,2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:07-12-23-26-29-44 which subsequently won you the lottery in
the first category. You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of �2,367,834(Two million, three hundred and sixty seven
thousand, eight hundred and thirty four British Pounds sterling) which
is approximately USD4.2m, from total cash prize of �23,678,340 was
shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web
site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies. The World Pak Express Courier has been given the Contract
to deliver all our winners cheque to the address of the respective
winners. WORLD PAK EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY LTD in Thailand. Contact
Agent: MR WILLIAM JOHNSON (Director of Operations and Logistics) Email
address: uklottolottery1987@yahoo.com.hk [1] To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please quote your full names, telephone
number, Age and occupation, Winnings numbers [such as batch, ref,
serial and lucky winning number, your country and address where you
want to receive your winnings cheque in your contact mail to Mr
William Johnson Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional
lottery program. For safety measures and to avoid fraudulent claims
you are advised to keep all about your winnings information and
notification confidential and away from all third
parties till your
check arrives your address.
Good luck
Mr.William Johnson ,
Online Co-ordinator/ Notification Officer
Sweepstakes International Program

Links:
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[1]
http://myguide.com/../mc/compose?to=uklottolottery1987@yahoo.com.hk

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam