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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:
  • "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 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.
  • britishboard2_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: british board <lindamorgan_06@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <britishboard2_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:47:23 -0600
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION


THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PO Box 1010 Liverpool L70 1NL REFERENCE NUMBER:UK/839030X2/14 BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24 TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458 AWARD NOTIFICATION NOTICE. National U.K Lottery wishes to inform you the results of the E-mailaddress ballot lotteryinternational program by GreatBritain Your emailaccount have beenpicked as a winner of(GBP £950,000.00)This results is now released your email address attached to Draw1034 september 2007.Jackpot 04-09-10-19-24-37 Bonusball 28participantswereselected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual]emailaddresses users. Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This ispartofoursecurity protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarrantedabuse of this program,For the release of your winning.All winning must beclaimed notlate than One Week of Acknowledgment. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to EuropeanUnionTreasury as Unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delaysand complications please remember to quote your reference numberin all correspondence. You are therefore advised to give thefollowinginformation'sto your claims agent listed bellow, VERIFICATION FORM 1.Full Name... 2.Full Address... 3.Marital Status... 4.Occupation... 5.Age... 6.Sex... 7.Nationality... 8.Country Of Residence... 9.Telephone Number... 10.Fax Number... 11.Ticket Number... 12.Reference Number... 13.Batch Number... Mr Simbat Ahmed Email:britishboard2_claimsagent@yahoo.co.uk Programs & Events Department Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of emailaccount users program. Yours Sincerely, Mrs.Julie Van Hans

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