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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:
  • "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.
  • +448712436662 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447023056488 (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.
  • uklotterywinning_notice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • w.clement_stone@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?clement=20stone?= <uklotterywinning_notice@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: w.clement_stone@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:55:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


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





AN POST NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUATERS

Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1,

Ireland(Customer Services)

Ref: IE/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369



WINNING NOTIFICATION


We happily announce to you the draw (#1012) of the AN POST NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Sat 25th of March 2006. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:



which subsequently won you the lottery in the Jackpot category i.e lotto Jackpot result. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €300,000(Three Hundred Thousand Euros) credited to file KTU/9023118308/06.


All participants for this online version are selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This great online promo is held under the sponsorship of The Microsoft International, The Irish Gaming Board and The United Nations. All Money won by winners come from them. The aim of this online draw is to enrich individuals worldwide, irrespective of race, colour and/or nationality.


This is part of our Sponsor's programme to raise funds for the 2012 Olympic games. The Olympic fund-raising games will include a TV draw, which will require all parti cipants to buy ticket stubs which will cost as much as €1200 per ticket. The National Lottery may have seemed a relatively simple way of helping pay for the Olympics fund raising tickets. The Lottery must raise €1.5bn over the next seven years to pay its share of the public money going into the Olympics.


Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your €300,000(Three Hundred Thousand Euros) will be claimed by you.


Our UK agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.


To file for your claim, you're required to fill the form below correctly and send to chief operating officer, his contact info is as below:


Name: Mr Dermot Griffin (Chief Operating Officer)

Official email: w.clement_stone@yahoo.co.uk

Tel: + 44 702 305 6488

Fax: +44 871 243 6662




* FILL OUT THE WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:



*1.FULL NAMES:___________________________________________________

*2.ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

*3.SEX:________________________________________________________________________

*4.AGE:_______________________________________________________________________

*5.MARITAL STATUS:_________________________________________________________

*6.OCCUPATION:_______________________SALARYP/YEAR_______________________

*7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________

*8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:______________________________________________________

*9A. REFFERENCE NUMBER:_____________________________________________________

*B. BATCH NUMBER:__________________________________________________________

*C. TICKET NUMBER:_________________________________________________________

*D. SERIAL NUMBER:_________________________________________________________

*10. AMOUNT WON:___________________________________________________________

*11.COUNTRY:________________________________________________________________

*12. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________



Upon receipt of the requested info, he'll advise you further as regards the delivery of your winnings.



CONGRATULATIONS FROM MEMBERS OF STAFF OF AN POST NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,

Ann Flehmings(Mrs)

Online co-ordinator for AN POST NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.







- UK LOTTERY

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