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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.
  • +447040111993 (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.
  • lottoclaimsoffice2007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lottery Promotion" <uk_draw_127@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lottoclaimsoffice2007@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:15:50 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION WINNER

The National Lottery
P.O.Box 17,Kempsford GL7 4WZ
London. UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

FROM: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
TICKET NUMBER: FL754/22/76
WINNING NUMBER: 37-13-43-85-67-11
BATCH NUMBER: FL09622UK


WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#999) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on the (19th of February, ,
2007) You were entered as dependent clients with: Winning numbers:
37-13-43-85-67-11 and Batch number FL09622UK.Your email address attached to
the ticket number: FL754/22/76 that drew the lucky winning numbers: Bonus
Ball [38] which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e.
match 5 plus bonus. You have been approved for a payment of £400,000.00
(FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING.) in cash credited to file reference
number: FL/04/736207152/UK.This is from a total cash prize of FOUR MILLION
POUNDS shared among the ten international winners in first categories.All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 (Fifty thousand) names of email users around the world, as part of
our international promotion program. Due to mix up of some names and
addresses, we ask that you keep this award personal, till your claims has
been processed and your funds remitted to you. This is part of our security
measures to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of the
situation by other participants or impersonators, you are to contact our
accredited agent for your winnings.

MR.RAW KUFOR.
UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY CLAIMS AGENT.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY SECURITY AGENCY
Phone Number: + 44 704 011 1993
E-mail:lottoclaimsoffice2007@yahoo.co.uk

He is your agent, and responsible for the processing and transfer of your
winnings to you. YOUR SECURITY FILE NUMBER IS Z-90237-Yฐ67/U4 (keep
personal) Remember, your winnings must be claimed not later than ( (25th of
Febuary, 2007)
In other to file for your claim, you have to Contact your lottery agent with
the following information and fill out this form;

1.YOUR FULL NAMES:.............................................
2.SEX:....................................................................
3.AGE.....................................................................
4.YOUR ADDRESS:...................................................
5.YOUR COUNTRY:...................................................
6.NATIONALITY..........................................................
7 YOUR FAX:............................................................
8.HOME PHONE NUMBER: .......................................
9.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER.......................................
10.OCCUPATION:........................................................

Please you are to choose your payment option at which you want your fund
Paid to you; listed below is our payment modalities and option of payment.
(1) TRAVELLING TO THE UK (LONDON) FOR CASH COLLECTION (Send flight itinerary
to confirm your arrival/appointment Date}:..............
(2) BY COURIER SERVICE:.....................
(3) CONATCT OUR UK PAYING BANK FOR YOUR CLAIM AND
TRANSFER................................................
Our Lottery agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and
reference numbers to this letter. Our winners are assured of the utmost
standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of
proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain
the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs Rita Walter
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright ฉ 1994-2006 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

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