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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • +447011148691 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Lottery Coordinator <uknl_noticeboard18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <uknl_claimsdept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:24:34 +0100
Subject: Ref: UK/9420X2/68



UK National Lottery,12 Bridge street, StainesMiddlesex TW18 4TP.United Kingdom.Ref: UK/9420X2/68 Dear Selected Winner,This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash Price of £615,193.00 (Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, One Hundred and Ninety ThreePound Sterling) in cash from online programme held on 18th of July 2007 in the United Kingdom.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in ourcomputerised email selection system from a database of over 250,000,000email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which your email was among the first seven (7) lucky winners.
For due remitance of funds.
CONTACT :Mr William Page of the Claims Department by providing the listed information.Reference Number UK/9420X2/68.1. Name:2. Age:3. Address:4. Occupation:5. Nationality:6. Phone:7. Sex:

for due remitance of funds.CONTACT :Mr William Page.EMAIL:uknl_claimsdept@yahoo.co.ukTEL :+44 701 114 8691

Yours truly,Sir Mark Dulle Co-Coordinator.
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