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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:
  • "anti-terrorism certificate" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "clear source of funds certificate" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "certificates of origin of funds" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: SECRET SERVICE UK LOTTERY INFO <vcwebs1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr_patrickbrown@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:11:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: www.lottery.co.uk CAUTION!!!


NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
WINNING DETAILS MUST BE KEEP CONFIDENTIAL FOR SECURITY PURPOSE
Ref : LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59
SECRET CODE NUMBER: 76764956FH
Dear winner of the UK National Lottery Edition 2007, you have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000 (Two million five hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 which is the highest of all lottery prize.All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draws system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, apart from Africa.Associations and corporate bodies that are listed Online.
CAUTION!!!
MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
You are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our Precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
We have also notify your Bank about the oncoming Transfer of 2,500,000 Pounds into your account, your Bank will contact you as soon as we made the Transfer of your winning into your Account.
A secure/secret website has been design for the Transfer to take place,which means the details you must use to access the Transfer we be for the Transfer only and make sure no One else see the website, it's for your eyes only. After sending the details online,your Bank will notify you about the addition fund in your account which is a total sum of 2,500,000.00 GBP = 5,116,543.49 USD .
IMPORTANT NOTE AND PROVE.
WORLD WIDE COURIER COMPANY WILL DELIVERY YOUR WINNING DOCUMENT TO YOU AS SOON AS WIRE TRANSFER HAS BEEN CONFIRM
ALL DOCUMENT WILL BE SEND TO YOU FREE OF CHARGE.UK NATIONAL LOTTERY IS FREE.
1.WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD.
2.CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.)
3.ANTI-TERRORISM CERTIFICATES(A.T.C)
4.CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS(C.O.F.)
5.LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE BRITISH HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE WINNING WAS RECEIVED LEGALLY FROM THE UNIVERSAL DONATION PROGRAM, AND DUELY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ATTORNEY TO THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

WE REQUIRE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNT DETAILS TO ENABLE TRANSACTION AND CREDIT CARD TO CONFIRM YOUR IDENTITY. THIS HELPS KEEP UK NATIONAL LOTTERY A SAFE TO WINNERS. YOUR CREDIT CARD WILL NOT BE CHARGED OR SHARED WITH OTHER WINNERS. YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS PROTECTED BY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY'S PRIVACY POLICY AND ENCRYPTED BY INDUSTRY-STANDARD SOFTWARE.WE ASSURE YOU!

Contact UK National Lottery House by clicking on the link below now.
http://lotterysecretcode.page.tl/Transaction-Process.htm
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU
MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU.
***********************
NATIONAL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
**************************
WINNING DETAILS MUST BE KEEP CONFIDENTIAL FOR SECURITY PURPOSE
Ref : LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59
SECRET CODE NUMBER: 76764956FH
DO NOTE THAT YOUR SECRET CODE HELPS TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ONLINE.
SECRET CODE NUMBER: 76764956FH
**********************************************************************
Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
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