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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:
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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 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.
  • uk_lottery_claimsagent1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr larry Green <uk_lottery_claimsagent1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:49:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE!!!!


OFFICE OF THE CLEAMING AGENT
UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ORGANISATION
LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOMS
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.


CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE!!!!
Dear Winner ,
Thank you for your response. The lottery promotion is meant to is meant to assist the less priveldge in the society. All participant were selected randomly through a computer balloting system drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions programme which is conducted annually.This Lottery is being promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of Multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

We were unable to get to you for a while now due to the bank procedures. Some protocols must be observed when handling a transfer like this. We have been processing your claim for sometime now. We have finished all other procedures and you have to get back to us to enable us send the money to you, the massages is real fill your form.

I received your email and have been informed that you are one of the winners of the UK International Lottery Program.
You are to provide the following information to facilitate your claim:
1. A duly completed Prize Award Verification & Payment Form to enable this office verify, process and approve your claim for immediate payment by our paying Bank (the form below) and
2. Your preferred mode of payment.The requested information about will enable us verify and refer you to the paying bank for immediate payment.On receipt of your duly completed Prize Award Verification Form we shall email you the contact
details of our paying bank, so that you can contact the bank with the necessary requirement like the affidavit which I shall issued you after verification for immediate transfer of your prize in your indicated mode of payment. I strongly advice you to adhere and comply with the instructions above in order to avoid disqualification of your claim.

Note that it is against the ethnics of this program for staff of this program to involve in any matter relating to our client's claim. So you are advice not to suggest any kind of involvement to any of our staffs that may attract dies-qualification of our prize
claim.

Once again, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Mr. Larry Green
AGENT EMAIL: Uk_lottery_claimsagent1@yahoo.co.uk
Your Agent
***********************************************************************
PRIZE AWARD VERIFICATION FORM PERSONAL DETAILS:
NAME (MR. MRS.MS.):...................................
COMPANY NAME: (IFAPPLICABLE)..........................
MONTHIY INCOME:..........................................
ADDRESS:...............................................
CITY:..................................................
STATE:................................................
ZIPCODE:..............................................
TEL:...................................................
FAX:..................................................
HOME TEL:.............................................
EMAIL ADDRESS:........................................
OCCUPATION:...............................
MARITALSTATUS:........................................
DATE OFBIRTH:.........................................
PRIZE WINNING DETAILS:
BATCH#:...............................................
REF.#:.................................................
WINNING#...............................................
AMOUNT WON...........................................

********************************************************************
COUNTRY..............................................
BANK NAME:....................................
BANKADDRESS:............................
BANK ACCOUNT NO:....................
BRANCH CODE:..................................
PAYMENT OPTIONS (INDICATE AND TICK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
OPTIONS BELOW):

IT COULD BE BY CHEQUE:...........
HOME DELIVERY..............
BANK TRANSFER.............

DECLARATION:
I,.....................................................HEREBY
DECLARE THAT I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED ANY SETTLEMENT FROM UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION NOR ANY MEMBER OF MY FAMILY FILLED CLAIM ON MY BEHALF TO HSBC BANK PLC. I, THEREFORE, AUTHORISE HSBC BANK PLC TO ACT ON MY BEHALF IN THE PROCESSING AND TRANSFER/ OF MY WINING PRIZE INTO MY NOMINATED ACCOUNT AS INSTRUCTED BY ME.

SIGNATURE (TYPE IN YOUR
NAMES):........................
DATE:.................... ...

NOTE:
THIS VERIFICATION FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FILLED
OUT AND RETURN TO THIS EMAIL (Uk_lottery_claimsagent1@yahoo.co.uk) WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIPT OF THIS FORM.

THANKS
Mr. Larry Green
Agent email: uk_lottery_claimsagent1@yahoo.co.uk
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary


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