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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:
  • "high court" (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 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.
  • +447024075281 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Harrison Finchley <drharrison_dept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:51:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ATTENTION SIR



WELCOME TO SEA-GATE FINANCIAL TRUST FUNDS.
AN AFFILIATE OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
HEAD OFFICE: NEW 315 OLD THAMBU CHETTY STREET,
SLOUGH BERKSHIRE SL1 3XT LONDON ,UK
Tel:+44-7024075281
Tel:+44-7011152801

Our Ref#: ZLX/CZEL/175
Your Ref #: RDSL/OBL/I3-X6/11

Attn:Brunhild Krueglich

Good day sir,we just received your mail and we wish to appeal to your humble self that our previous mail to you is not a mail to convince you to make payment but a mail to advise you on what you need to do next to claim your winnings funds.

We wish to notify you that the Sea gate trust company has done everything to make the transfering of your winnings easy for you and we really do not know what the delay is all about.

We sincerely want to work with you beased on understanding and trust forgive me if i asked you earlier on for a bonus probably that did not sound to good to you but i just said that to remind you about making us happy after you must have cashed your winning funds into your account in Germany.

Lastly we wish to educate you about the EEC rules you made mention of in your previous mail to us ,kindly note the other nine winners are currently in pocession of their funds without any problems due to the fact that we provide legal documents to prove that the lottery funds was obtained legal and has all legal jurisdition from the high court in Uk.

You are advised to adhere to our instructions to enable the swift delivery of your winning parcel to you in Germany.

Note.we are having problems with your phnoe numbers as it very difficult to connect we sincerely wanted to discus with you on phone.

Regards,
Mr Harrison Finchley.
Funds Release/Transfer Manager.


**SEA-GATE FINANCIAL TRUST FUNDS , Registered in England No 929027. Registered Office: 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR.Regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

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