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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:
  • "claim 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.
  • +447024066188 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448712516509 (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.
  • drewukl@netscape.net

Fraud email example:

From: "UK National Lottery INC" <drewukl@msn.com>
Reply-To: drewukl@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:47:05 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

*******************************************************************************************

REF NO: UK/CC/44B-952GH/L

Dear Sir.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the U.K. National Lottery
which was Held on 4 of JANUARY 2006 and results were officially announced
today. All participants were selected through our Microsoft computer ballot
system drawn form. Your Email address attached to ticket number
025-11464992-750 with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky number 16 42 19
18 23 33." that consequently won the lottery in 1st category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £418,235.00 (Four hundred
and eighteen thousand two hundred and thirty five pounds) Pounds in cash
credited to file KPC/5861218308/02/UKNL. This is from a total cash prize of
£24.5 Million UK pounds shared amongst the first Fifty (10) lucky winners in
this category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 1,000,000 names from Asia, Australia, Africa, New Zealand,
Europe and North America, which we conduct four times every year as part of
International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program all over the world, and for the
Continuous use of E-mail.

Your forms have been submitted to our affiliate office In your best interest
and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that
you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until
the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds
remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of
this program. Note: that your lucky winning number falls within our African
booklet representative office in Nigeria. In view of this, your $200,000.00
USD (TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) would be released to you by our affiliate
bank in Nigeria. Please contact your claim agent immediately, with the
required information and He will direct you on how to collect your payment.
You are advised initiate contact with him so you will be duly informed on
procedures to collect your payment; His contact detail is

MR. DAVID DREW
His contact are
email: drewukl@netscape.net

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TO CLAIM
YOUR WINNING PRIZE:

1. Full Name: ............................................................
2. Address: ..............................................................
3.Nationality: ...........................................................
4. Age: ......................... Date of
Birth:...........................
5. Occupation: ...........................................................
6.Phone: .............. Phone 2: ................... Fax:
..................
7. Present Country: .........................


Faithfully,
Sir Brian Jackson
Zonal Co-ordinator,
U.K. NATIONAL LOTTERY
TEL: +44-702-406-6188
FAX: +44-871-251-6509

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