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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)
  • "uk national lottery inc." (no such lottery exists)
• 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.
  • +447024029335 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • petitmichael_unl@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery" <thenatlot1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: petitmichael_unl@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:17:56 +0100
Subject: The National Lottery


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Logo]<http://dmailman.com/Redirect/mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/_javascript:dl%28%27http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/home/home.do%27%29;>
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The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the lotto draw (#1304 ) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on the 21st of June,
2008.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with
Serial number 5368/08 drew the lucky numbers: 08,09,11,16,18,22 and bonus
ball 36 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £859,939 (Eight Hundred And
Fifty Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty Nine pounds sterlings) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/08. This is from a total cash prize of £
6,879,512 shared amongst the first eight (8) lucky winners in the match six
category. 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 takes 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 £859,939 (Eight Hundred And Fifty Nine Thousand, Nine Hundred and
Thirty Nine pounds sterlings) will 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 until 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 Payment agent below.



Contact Person: Mr. Michael Petit

Contact Number: +447024029335

Email: petitmichael_unl@yahoo.fr<http://us.mc337.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=petitmichael_unl@yahoo.fr>



Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish
contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and
reference numbers to this letter. Our winners are assured of the utmost
standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of
proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain
the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to
circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our
precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program. For more information's about your lottery winnings visit our
website and enter the results page and view your prize breakdown.



www.national-lottery.co.uk



Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.



Yours faithfully,



Mrs. C.A. Lennon



Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright (c) 1994-2008 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines.
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