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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims director" (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.
  • +447031918081 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448709124466 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Promotion Coordinator" <christyivan_lotteryukinter@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:58:33 +0000
Subject: LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL CYBERLOTTO RESULTS!!(16\01\06)

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL.

LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
50 Deer Park Avenue,
London EH54 8AF,
United Kingdom.
Government Accredited Licensed Lottery Promoters

Attention:Sir/Madam,
We happily announce to you the draw of the LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL, Online
Program held on 1-Jan-2006.
Your email address attached to reference Number:208,ZX,11,663/UK with Ticket
Number: 99/bnk/533. which subsequently won you one of the Jackpot cash
prizes.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000.00(Two
Million Five Hundred housand Great Britain Pounds) in cash credited to file
L/UK/010/71/2/33 All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that
are listed online.

A random number generator using a proprietary random number generation
algorithm will select exactly 6 reference numbers from the range 1-24 with
ticket winning number from the range 1-24 To file for your claim, please
contact our claims director via contact information below;

MR. BILLY BRADFIELD,
CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
50 Deer Park Avenue,
London EH54 8AF,
United Kingdom.
Tel: +44 7031918081
Fax: +44 8709124466
Email: billybradfield1@lotteryukinternational.com

Congratulation once again from me, and entire members of staff of the
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL and it is our hope that you participate in any of
our international programs in the nearest future.

Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
CHRISTY IVAN,
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT,
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
50 Deer Park Avenue,
London EH54 8AF,
United Kingdom.
enquiries@lotteryukinternational.com

PLEASE NOTE:
YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL LOTTERY INFORMATIONS FROM PUBLIC AS WE WILL NOT
ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS PROCESSING OR COMPROMISE THE PRIVACY AND
SECURITY OF ALL OUR WINNER.THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF
THE LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL


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DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY:
The information contained in this communication including any attachments is
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is
addressed and others authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential
or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you
are hereby notified that any disclosure, unauthorized use, copying,
distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this
information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received
this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to
this email and then delete it from your system.
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL is neither liable for the proper and complete
transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any
delay in its receipt.
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