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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 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.
  • laimsagent@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "British Lottery" <blp_winningnotification@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:36:12 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATIONN

 

              BRITISH LOTTERY

14 FRATON ROAD
FULHAM, LONDON
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch: 12/25/0034

                               WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Mr/Mrs/Sir/Madam:

This is to inform you that your email address has won the british lottery which was held on 31th Day of December 2005. your email with serial number 5388/02 and ticket number564 75600545 188 hit the jackpot
  

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £, 200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds, ) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/SHYN. This is from a total cash prize of £10 Million pounds shared among the first fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. 

In the 2nd category.you are advised to keep this notice to yourself because of individuals who may divert your money to theirs and they also use our company to deceive others.you are advised to report back by means of email to blclaimsagent@yahoo.co.uk   within 48hours of reading this mail, and  send the following information along which will aid the processing of your claims.

     
BENEFICIARY FIRST NAME:
BENEFICIARY LAST NAME:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
TEL. NUMBER:
FAX NUMBER:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
NEXT OF KIN NAME AND ADDRESS:
AMOUNT WON:
BATCH NUMBER:
REFERENCE Nº:
OCCUPATION:
MARITAL STATUS 

 

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Teresa Cole

Lottery Coordinator.
                                                                           

The Lottery Company and lottery.co.uk is in no way affiliated with, associated with or approved or endorsed by Camelot Group plc or The National Lottery Commission.
                           visit our website www.lottery.co.uk
                   Material Copyright © 2005 The Lottery Co. Ltd. •

 

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