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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 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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • ",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 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.
  • podfinance@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <uknationalpromotions@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:31:08 -1000
Subject: THE DESK OF THE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT

Support Centre
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
London, United Kingdom
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE

We happily announce to you the draw (#1183) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 20th
June 2007. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 023-0148-790-459 with Serial number
5073-11 drew the lucky numbers: 01
07 25 31 32 39 bonus ball 18 which subsequently won you the lottery in the
2nd category i.e match 6. You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (One
Million Pound Sterling Only) in cash
credited to file REF NO. UNL/26510460037/02.

This is from a total cash prize of £5,000,000 shared amongst the second
five (5) lucky winners in this category. Draw 1183 Wed 20th June 2007.

Jackpot £5,000,000.

NUMBER OF MATCHES No OF WINNERS £s PER WINNER TOTAL
Match 6 5 £1,107,042.80 £5,535,214
Match 5 plus bonus 7 £243,306 £1,703,142
Match 5 381 £2,793 £1,064,133
Match 4 26475 £88 £2,329,800
Match 3 561913 £10 £5,619,130

Additional Information Jackpot winner(s) 2 Machine used for draw MOONSTONE
Winners by Lucky Dip 216277
Ball set used 7. All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web
sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,
associations, and corporate
bodies that are listed online. This promotion take 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 £1,000,000
(One Million Pounds Sterling
Only), would 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 him. 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 European Paying Bank;
Post Bank NL in The Netherlands through
the Assistants Director,
Processing/Operations Department.

Mr. Joseph Elmer.
Email:podfinance@aim.com
www.postbank .nl
Also provide him with the following details too:

Full Names:
Telephone
Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
For due processing and remittance of your prize money,
please remember to quote your reference and batch
numbers in every one of your correspondences with your
agent. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not
later than 4weeks. After this date, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Frank Elis Jan
Zonal Co-ordinator.

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