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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:
  • "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • +447031926349 (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.
  • uklottoryprograce@yahoo.co.uk
  • uklottoryprogrce@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?collins=20Gerad?= <uklottoryprograce@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 18:22:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: : WINNER Congratulations


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: uklottoryprograce@yahoo.co.uk

THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY





Camelot Financial Reconciliation Inc.,

Accredited Claim Agent-

UK National Lottery Organisation.

2B Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,

Aintree Liverpool, L70 1NL, United Kingdom.



Date: 13th March, 2006.


Winning Numbers: 04-09-13-29-31-36

Our Ref: BNS-NL/0508/04.VOL.2/UK.

Your Ref: BNS-NL/02CTG/0508/04/UK.



ATTN: WINNER,

On behalf of the Board of UK National Lottery and Camelot Reconciliation Inc., I wish to congratulate you for being one of the lucky winners of this year's lottery draws. Congratulations!



I refer to your mail with regards to your claim of lottery winning, upon certification of your details your winnings will be duly processed and settlement be made. Be informed that we have in our possession, instruments of payments for the sum of GBP£14,280,252 pounds only to you. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the spaces provided below to facilitate immediate processing of your claims. Once we receive the requested information below, your claims file will be sent to our bankers for settlement.



THIS FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED AND SENT THROUGH EMAIL BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE WINNINGS FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.



TITLE________________________________________

FIRST NAME___________________________________

LAST NAME____________________________________

REFERENCE NUMBER___________________________

BATCH NUMBER_______________________________

WINNING NUMBER_____________________________

CONTACT ADDRESS____________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS_______________________________

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH_____________________

TEL NO________________FAX NO_________________

NEXT OF KIN__________________________________

ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN______________________

OCCUPATION_________________________________

MARITAL STATUS________________________



DECLARATION:

I...............................HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE INFORMATION ARE TRUE AND BINDING ON ME. IF AT ANY TIME IT IS DISCOVERED THAT I HAVE GIVEN ANY FALSE INFORMATION, I WILL FORFEIT MY CLAIM TO MY WINNINGS.

FULL NAME.............................DATE..........................



Accept our congratulations.



Sincerely,



Mr. Collins Gerad

Accredited Claim Agent

UK National Lottery Organisation

Camelot Financial Reconciliation Inc.,

Email:uklottoryprogrce@yahoo.co.uk

+447031926349



The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers.








- collins Gerad

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