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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • kevinmash_uklp@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • uknationallottopost@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "uk lottery" <uknationallottopost@centrum.cz>
Date:
Subject: WINNING INFORMATION


   The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM WINNING INFORMATION:
 
The members and sponsors happily announce to you the draw of the New Mexico Lottery programs held on the 17th of January, 2006 in Melbourne, Australia. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 22-48-67-88-53 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies.The Lottery teams up with local companies and media partners to promote Lottery products, and informs citizens on where the proceeds from Lottery ticket sales go.
 
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 28.5Million Euros(TWENTY EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS,shared amongst the first hundred (5) lucky winners in this category.
 
A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions,and the Lottery works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in "co-promotional" partnerships. These partnerships help each company introduce new products to customers.
 
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
 
In view of this, your 28.5Million Euros(TWENTY EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) would be released to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary/Claims agent:WITH YOUR FULL NAMES,ADDRESS AND DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER
 
Name: Dr Kevin Mash
Email: kevinmash_uklp@yahoo.co.uk          uknationallottopost@hotmail.co.uk  
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Dr KEVIN MASH.
 
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
 
The  Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that is gathered from the use of its web site and web services. The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and its information gathering/dissemination practices.
 
The Lottery will not release personal information to third parties except where it is already provided by law. Depending on the specific nature of the service, information may be shared with other state agencies as stated in the  Open Records Act. This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a legitimate government function. E-mail addresses or other information that is obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado Lottery web site will be used for the benefit of the  Lottery and will not be sold to third party companies except as required by the  Open Records Act.
 
The  Lottery will not share personal information with any private party, except as required by the  Open Records Act.
 
Sincerely,
Caroline Bryan
(Zonal Coordinator)

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