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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.
  • +447040118776 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712511764 (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.
  • linkltfltd@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Premier Lottery UK" <premierlotteryukpromo@msn.com>
Reply-To: ltfltd203@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:33:25 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! PRIZE AWARD NOTIFICATION

MEMO FROM: THE PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
PREMIER LOTTERY

 

Congratulations Category A prize winner! You have been selected as one of two winners of the PREMIER LOTTERY,
computer ballot draws and thus will be a privileged recipient of the grand draw prize of £6,500,000 (Six million five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds only). Winning File Reference number for your prize is PLUK/2030/0181/08; ticket number101-OIO-77/A.

 

We in the PREMIER LOTTERY,is by this program, launching our model computer balloting lottery draws,developed and designed to satisfy the cravings of the ever growing number of participants in our various lottery programs. with funds accrued exclusively from previous draws, payouts to all Winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time.

After randomly selecting 15,000 participants from an initial database of 300,000 emails and zoning all participants by their respective continents from across the globe, we produced an extensive list from which you have emerged as one of the winners of the Grand Draw prize.To ensure a smooth collection of your winnings, thetransfer of your prize is to be handled by your Claims Director. You are to contact our agent by email and/or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details elow:

 

MRS.Susan EDWARDS
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
LINK TRUST FINANCE LTD
EMAIL: linkltfltd@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44 704 011 8776
FAX: +44-87-1251-1764

 

Also find all other relevant winning lottery information below:
Draw Serial No: 55/849177
Batch No: 01-A223
Zonal Draw No: A1-101
Grand Draw No: 56748

 

You are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous individuals.

 

Please direct all further correspondences and queries to your respective category Prize Transfer handlers.Congratulations once again from the PREMIER LOTTERY Family.

 

Sincerely,
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
PREMIER LOTTERY,
12 BRIDGE STREET,
STAINES MIDDLESEX TW18 4TP UK
UNITED KINGDOM
TEL/FAX: 44 70928998613

 

 

 

 

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