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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:
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • nationallottery2u_prmtn@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Robert Adams" <robertadams_nationallottery2u@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nationallottery2u_prmtn@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 04:34:12 +0800
Subject: WINNERS NOTIFICATION

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME 2005
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF NO.: EGS/2251256003/05
BATCH NO>; 14/0017/1PD
WINNING NOTIFICATION
National Lottery wishes to inform you the results of E-mail Ballot Lottery International Program by Great Britain held on 5th November 2005 for UK citizen and non UK citizen. Your email account has been picked amongst winners. You have therefore been approved to claim two hundred and fifty thousand British Pound Sterling (?250,000.00) only. This is from a total cash price of fifty million British Pounds Sterling (?50,000,000.00) shared amongst the first two hundred (200) lucky winners.
This result is now release on 4th January 2006 and your email address attached in the category (A). All participant were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from companies and individual email addresses and your lucky number are as follows , , this promotion takes place annually and it is sponsor by Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of internet and computers world wide.
All winner are advice to keep winning information confidential until claim has been processed and money remitted to winners. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claming and unwarranted abuse of this program, for the release of your winning amount, confirm to us the receipt of this notice, to enable us submit you file to our paying bank, for processing and releasing of your fund.
All winning must be claimed not later than 30th Januray 2006 . After this date all unclaimed fund will be returned to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.
Top of Form 1
To file for your claim:
PLEASE FILLOUT THE VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM AND SEND TO Nationallottery2u_prmtn@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:Nationallottery2u_prmtn@yahoo.co.uk>.
1. FULL NAMES: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________
2. ADDRESS: _______________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. STATE: _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. COUNTRY_________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. E-MAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________
6. TELEPHONE NUMBER: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________
7. FAX NUMBER: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________
8. SEX: ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. AGE: ___________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. MARITAL STATUS: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________
11. OCCUPATION: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________
12. ANNUAL INCOME: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________
13. REF NUMBER_____________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________
14. BATCH NUMBER: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________
15. AMOUNT WON: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________
Congratulation from the staff and thank you for being part of email account users program, our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates of Microsoft and all his associates
Yours sincerely,
Robert Adams
Executive (National Lottery Intl.)
Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign operation), Mr. Franklyn Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams (Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive), Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman)
LAST YEAR WINNERS OF NATIONAL LOTTERY EMAIL ADDRESS LOTTERY PROGRAM
Copyright © 1994-2005 The National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline
77635 476378 255667460Bottom of Form 1

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