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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:

• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: British Camelot Promotions <email_verificationunit2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:16:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: REF:UNL/26510460037/02''''''Details Required For Claim




REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

Dear Winner,
First and foremost congratulations on your recent winnings.This programme was designed to encourage the use of the Internet in developing
nations but presently we are for now involving all the continents in the world.

Our Winners were selected from a pool of internet users and also on if you are on the Internet when our computer balloting was taking place.
Your email address was attached to
REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
The major computer companies in the world contribute to this programme with little contribution from the United Nations.
Also this programme is coverered by various law of the United Kingdom on lottery promotion and also of various countries of the
European union.
To Begin your claims you are required to fill the informations
below( DETAILS REQUIRED) and return via the same way received.

THIS WILL ENABLE US HAVE THE DETAILS OF YOU AND ALSO CREATE YOUR RECORDS IN OUR DATABASE OF WINNERS.

Please note that this Verification process usually takes between 24-72 hours, depending on how swiftly you fill out and return the details below. Upon completion of this Verification Process/Screening, you would be contacted with further details on how you shall be receiving your funds

Required Details
FIRST NAME:
LAST NAME :
MARITAL STATUS :
AGE :
SEX :
COUNTRY :
NATIONALITY :
OCCUPATION:
ADDRESS :
TELEPHONE NO :
FAX NO :
NEXT OF KIN :
WINNING DATAS
REF NUMBER :
BATCH NUMBER :
TICKET NUMBER :
AMOUNT WON:
INDICATE THE MODE OF PAYMENT PREFERABLE TO YOU
On receipt of your required details,your file would be fowarded to our verification unit for clearance and afterwards payment.
Thank you and congratulations
JOX WHITE
Online coordinator
British National Lottery Program

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is
intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain
information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.
If you received this message in error,please notify the sender by replying email and delete all copies of the original message.
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