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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:

• 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: "winners notification" <winners_notification@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:49:47 +0000
Subject: Award Notification

CONGRATULATION  

                                                

                                                                                        
 
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
UKNATIONAL E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT
 
REF NUMBER: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH NUMBER: 24/00319/IPD
TICKET NUMBER: 023-0148-790-459

WINNING NOTIFICATION/FINALNOTICE...CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
 
This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY
BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD.
Your name attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459 with
REFF NUM UNL/26510460037/02 and drew on 29th Sept.2005 19:00 with the lucky numbers 8-22-39-43-47-55 which consequently won the lottery in this Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of 1,000,000 Pound Sterling only, which is deposited with the United Kingdom Clearing house in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH INSURANCE POLICY. It is important that keep your winning confidential to avoid people garnering your information and subsequently making claim with your winning paraphernalia information, Uk national lottery will decline payment if such irregularity occurs.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000.00 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that have been appointed for the processing of your claim with your contact telephone and fax number to begin the processing of your payment.
 
CONTACT NAME: ANDREW FURNESS
EMAIL: mr.furness.andrew@office.com  

It is imperative that you contact your assigned payment
officer within two weeks of receipt of this missive via the
aforementioned details conveyed herein. After this date
all unclaimed funds will be included in subsequent promos.
Please note in order to avoid preventable delays and
Complications please remember to quote your reference
number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Patrick Barger
Games/Lottery Coordinator.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO
www.ukfreelotto.com
NB.
Alawy Send along your drew lucky numbers to your Agent for verification
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THE LOTTERY AWARD IS OFFICIALLY SPONSORED BY LAKE WOOD GROUP OF COMPANY IN COLLABORATION WITH ,DELL COMPUTERS INC,MICRO-NET COMPANY,IMF AND FSB INTERNATIONAL

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