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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!
• 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.
  • +27728183020 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "U.K National ESS Lottery Department" <xpgl@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: admin@uknationallotteryresult.com
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:39:36 +0200
Subject: CONTACT THE CLAIMS DEPT.

GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
P.O.Box 1010 Liver pool, L701NL,
United Kingdom.

    

    

Ref: BWLW/67451/01
Batch: 01/14/31711-3

FROM: Richard K. Lloyd,

CONTROLLER     
        

SUBJECT: WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!!!:
 

We happily announce to you the draw (#1000)
of the BRITISH WEB LOTTERY,online sweepstakes
international program held on saturday 17th
September, 2005 Your e-mail address attached 
to ticket number:56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:  
(bonus no.05),
which subsequently won you the lottery in
in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of
£1,200,000.00{One Million Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain

pounds Sterlings}

 In cash credited to
file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of
£12,000,000.00{Twelve Million Great  Britain

pounds sterlings}
shared amongst the {10} lucky winners in this category i.e Match
5 plus bonus. All participants for the online version were
selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw
system and emails extracted from over 100,000 union associations and
corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes
place weekly.

 Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our African
booklet representative office in South Africa as indicated in the play
coupon. In view of this, your £1,200,000.00

{One Million Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain pounds Sterlings}

would be released to you by our affiliate Forwarding service
in South Africa.

Our  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 claims 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 claims department  below.
***************************************************************
Mr. Williams Robinson

Phone: + 27 728 183 020

Email: claimsdept@uknationallotteryresult.com

***************************************************************

     sincerely

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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