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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 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 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.
  • +447024014438 (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.
  • zipexpresservice@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BRIAN HUNT" <nationallottoresults26@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:10:52 -0500
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!

!!! UKONLINE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY IS REGISTERED UNDEUKONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK. GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSEDR THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF; (Registration Z720633X).

National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Ref:UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369

27/02/2006

WINNINGNOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#511) of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 25th feburary,2006

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 07 14 24 37 43 48 29bouns,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 ( five hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly until the end of the year. (31/12/2006)

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. (5647560054) In view of this, your £500,000 ( five hundred thousand pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

please you are advised to contact the agent with your winning numbers, this is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, you are to send your

1.Name

2.Location

3.Phone number

via email to the courier company who are to dispatch your winnings to you with your order number which you are adviced to write down and save.Below you would find details of the courier company

ZIP EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE

ADDRESS:EDINBURGH GATE,

HARLOW,ESSEX CM202JE,

ENGLAND,UNITED KINGDOM.

NAME:MR.BROWN WALTER(Dispatch Officer)

Email:zipexpresservice@yahoo.com

Phone Number:+44 7024 014 438.

Fax Number:+44 7030 404 104.

ORDER NUMBER: V231282.

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your

winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

<http://www.national-lottery.com/>

CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Brian Hunt

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program.

NATIONAL LOTTERY.

   

 

 

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