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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:
  • "claims agent" (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.
  • +447031850189 (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.
  • uklotto_department2@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK LOTTERY WINNERS NOTIFICATION CENTER" <claims.winnings26@gmail.com>
Reply-To: uklotto_department2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:59:32 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION: YOU HAVE WON A LOTTERY CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS!!!!!!!


*The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon
Tyne,
NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)
Ref:
UK/9420X2/69
Batch: 074/05/ZY379


WINNING NOTIFICATION


We are happily to announce to you the draw #(1040) of the UK
NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
25TH SATURDAY JUNE 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:66475600545 201 with
Serial number
5366/06 drew the lucky numbers: (48) (31)(30) (25)(23)
(20)

bonus ball (10).
which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 6
plus bonus.
You have therefore been
approved to claim a total sum of 634,310 (six
hundred and Thirty-four thousand Three hundred and Ten pounds sterling)
in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/06.
This is from a total cash prize
of 1,805,860GBP shared amongst
the(7)lucky winners in this category
i.e Match 6 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were
selected randomly from
World Wide Websites through computer draw
system and extracted from
over
100,000 unions, associations, and
corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place
weekly.
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 634,310GPD (six hundred
and Thirty-four thousand
Three hundred and Ten pounds sterling) will
be released to you by any
of our payment offices in Europe.


Our European agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate
the release of your funds as soon as you contact her.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,please contact our claims agent below.

**************************************************
Name:Mr
clifford stanley.
TEL: +447031850189
Email:* *uklotto_department2@yahoo.co.uk*<http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=uklotto_department2@yahoo.co.uk&YY=6996&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>

*Foreign Services Manager,Payment and Release
order
Department,
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

Endeavour to
email him with the required datas below
VERIFICATION AND CLEARANCE
FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________


2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________


____________________________________________


3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________



5MARITAL STATUS:___________________


6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.E-MAIL
ADDRESS:_____________________________

8.TELEPHONE
NUMBER:_____________________

9.BATCH NUMBER:____________________
B. REF NUMBER:______________

10.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________
11.AMOUNT
WON:___________________________________


___________________________________________


12.
COUNTRY________________________________
Upon receipt of the duly
requested data, I will send
you the contact information of the
payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your
claim
in anyway you deem fit.
Warm Regards,


Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL
LOTTERY.
sincerely
JAMES IRVIN
CONTROLER
UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY
P.O.Box 1010
Liver pool, L701NL,
United
Kingdom.
*

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