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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claim 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.
  • 2005@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY" <uk_lotteryclaims@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martins1_2005@chelny.com
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:44:04 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!

NOTE:All mails should be sent to the claim agent mail address for filling of your winning claims.

 

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

   

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                      
12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINS MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP
UNITED KINGDOM.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: AST341739DS
                                                WINNING NOTIFICATION:

      We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of  the NATIONAL
LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 5th OCTOBER 2005 you / your company, attached to ticket number 013-2316-2002-477, with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in category B.You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of US$2,500,000.00 in  cash credited to file REF NO. REF: AST341739DS. This is from total prize
money of US$15,000,000.00 shared among the six (6) international winners in the category B. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from
Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted monthly.Your fund is now deposited with the Finance and Security section and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to  avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International lotto.To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:

 

MR MARTIN HILLMAN.
CLAIM AGENT
Tel:0044-704-010-3388
Tel:0044-703-184-7929
Fax:0044-700-580-7134
Email: martins1_2005@chelny.com / martins2_2005@yahoo.co.uk

 

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice, kindly provide him with the following information: NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your
correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any  change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part  of our promotions program.

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc.
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