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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.
  • +447031917571 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704785026 (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.
  • will_cox_agent@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "british online lottery game" <britishonlinegame_01@msn.com>
Reply-To: will_cox_agent@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 05:16:04 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON CASH PRIZE CLAIM YOUR PRIZE CONGRATULATION !!!

                             THE BRITISH ONLINE GAME  2005     

                    

LEEDS PROMOTIONS
Airport Hale Rd Halebarns
Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK.   

http://lottery.merseyworld.com/Winning_index.html
http://national-lottery.co.uk

                                                                                   

Batch No: 074/05/ZY369  

Our Ref: UK/9420X/68

 

 

TO WINNERS IN OUR PROGRAM

We wish to congratulate you over your success in our computer balloting
sweepstake held on 14th october 2005.
This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses
were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet
users;therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for the game.
However, your email address was attached to ticket number 5647560054 118 with serial number 5368/02 draw the lucky numbers 06-09-13-15-40-43-02, which eventually won the lottery in the first category of the draws. Therefore, you have won a lottery jackpot prize awards of £500,000.00 ( five hundredthousand pounds Sterling Only) This is from total prize money of
US$30,000,000.00 distributed to winners from 1st to 3rd categories.

Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of
philanthropist, industrialists from the internet ware industry and some
other big multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.

You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars
presented below citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter. Telephone lines are open between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Friday Customer Service Unit,

 

Tel + 44-7031917569
       +44-7031917571

Fax +44 870 478 5026.

Email: will_cox_agent@yahoo.co.uk

Contact person: MR WILLIAM WILCOX.

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of\confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!
At your disposal, we remain.Very Truly Yours,
Pascale Isho (Mrs.),
Director.International Promotions Unit,
UK Leeds Promotions LOTTERY,
Airport Hale Rd Halebarns
Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using British
National Lottery addresses, but are not from The British Lottery.
PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO:
FRAUDWATCH INTERNATIONAL
www.fraudwatchinternational.com
LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.

 

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