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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.
  • +447031918081 (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.
  • fredmorris_gtscuk@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "kathy jameson" <kathyjameson02@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 15:07:30 +0000
Subject: Government Accredited Licensed Lottery Promoters

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY

Hyde Park House,
60/60A Knightsbridge,
London SW1X 7JX, UK.

Government Accredited Licensed Lottery Promoters


Attention:Sir/Madam,

We happily announce to you the draw of the UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Program held on 7-Oct-2005Your e-mail address attached to reference
Number:208,ZX,11,663/UK with Ticket Number:99/bnk/533. which subsequently
won you one of the Jackpot prizes.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £2,440,772 (Two
Million Four Hundred and FortyThousand Seven Hundred and Seventytwo United
Kingdom Pounds ) in cash credited to file L/UK/010/71/2/33

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.


This promotion takes place daily.

Each day, at or shortly after midnight (UK time), there will be a draw
("DRAW") under the supervision of an independent observer to determine the
winning numbers in the GAME that day.
A random number generator using a proprietary random number generation
algorithm will select exactly 6 reference numbers from the range 1-24 with
ticket winning number from the range 1-24

In view of this, your £2,440,772 would be released to you by any of our
payment officies in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our financial handlers GUARANTEE
TRUST SECURITY COMPANY UK. below are the contact information of their
Director of Operation.
CONTACT HIM VIA EMAIL OR FAX BELOW.

Mr.Fred Morris
Director of Operation
GUARANTEE TRUST SECURITY COMPANY UK.
ADDRESS: Deer Park Avenue,
Livingston EH54 8AF, UK.
Email: fredmorris_gtscuk@excite.com
TEL:+447031918081
Fax:+448709121654

Provide him with the information below:
1.Name:
2.Marital Status:
3.Sex:
4.Telephone Number:
5.Fax Number:
6.Email Address:
7.Reference and Ticket number above:

You must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of this
correspondence.
You would be required to show an instrument of identification when claiming
your prize i.e. Drivers license or International passport.

GUARANTEE TRUST SECURITY COMPANY UK are to handle all matters with regards
to claiming of your prize money.You are also advised to send a copy of this
email,to your claims agent Mr Fred Morris , when contacting
him.Congratulation once again from me, and members of staff of the U.K
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY and it is our hope that you participate in any of our
international programs in the nearest future.
Thank you.

Yours faithfully,
KATHY JAMESON
Online Co-ordinator,
U.K INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
TEL/FAX:44-87-0912-1658
Email:kathy_j:publicist.com.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL LOTTERY INFORMATIONS FROM PUBLIC AS WE WILL
NOT ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS PROCESSING OR COMPROMISE THE PRIVACY
ANDSECURITY OF ALL OUR WINNER.THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE DATA PROTECTION ACT
OF THE UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.

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