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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:
  • "claims 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 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.
  • +447031948450 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701357404 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION"
<awardnotification@uknational-lottreyanniversary.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:36:20 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF Nº: EGS/2251256003/02 BATCH Nº:14/0017/1PD            AWARD NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE National Lottory wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery  international program by Great Britain held on 5th May,2005 for NON-UK CITIZEN. Your email account have been  picked as a winner of  SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS ONLY. This results is now released on Sat 30 Jul 05 and your email address attached  in the  Category (A). All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from  Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses and your lucky number are as follows  All winner's are been advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and  your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and  unwarranted abuse of this program,For the release of your winning,kindly contact your claims  agent in National Lottery Head Quarters Mr. Bucklay George,on +44-703-194-8450 OR +44-703-194-8452,Fax +44-870-135-7404. You are to quote  your lucky number for confirmation on your winning. All winning must be claimed not later than 15th oct, 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds  will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid  unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number  in all  correspondence. You are therefore advised to Submit the following informations to the headquaters by fax,also via email to your claims agent CLICK HERE for verification of identity,and you must include your email ID that was selected when sending fax. 1. Full name and address. 2. Country. 3. Tel and fax number. 4. Occupation. 5. Your age. 6. Scanned your international passport 7. Your category code is B0010 Congratulations from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program. Yours Sincerely, Mrs. Julie Van Hans, Executive.(Euro Lottery Intern.) Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden  (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit  Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer  (Chairman). Copyright © 2002 Europe Union Lottery International MRS JULIE VAN HANS,VICE PRESIDENT.

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