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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.
  • +447031940028 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447032865612 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +447040122697 (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.
  • claimsagentspencer78@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "richard lloyd" <uknationallottery04@msn.com>
Reply-To: uklottoagent77@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:26:05 +0000
Subject: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

Batch No: WD18/0078/07LN
 Ref: UKNL/2554571156/05

Dear our treasured lucky winner,      

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION 

We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the "UK's Overseas Gambling Board programme held on Nov.25th  2005.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw 929 of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number 034-22487901 with serial number 144 drew the lucky number  06-40-02-43-13-15-09 which consequently won the lottery grand prize awards in the 2^nd category.

Therefore, you have been approved a lottery jackpot lump sum prize awards winning of £129,296 (One Hundred and Twenty Nine, Two Hundred and Ninety Six  pounds Sterling Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref. No: UKNL/2554571156/05. This is from the total prize of  £905,072 (Nine  Hundred and Five  Thousand, and Seventy Two Pounds Sterlings) shared among the Seven  overseas lucky winners in this category as part of our promotional programme for this quarter of the year 2005. This is your opportunity!

Your prize awards has been insured in your names and ready for claim. To begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Gambling Board Winners for the processing of your prize awards winning and payment to you,To file for your claim, please contact our Accredited agent via email:

Mr Mark Spencer

Email: claimsagentspencer78@yahoo.co.uk

Elot Asset  Management ltd
Regency House
62-66 Deansgate,
Manchester M3 2EN
United Kingdom.
Tel:+44704-012-2697

Tel:+44703-194-0028 Ext: 3

Fax:+44703-286-5612

Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and for the purpose of confidentiality, be advised to keep this award notification as secret from public notice until your claim has been processed and your prize money remitted to you, as this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claim or misuse of this program by some social miscreants. Hence, your prize awards winning is confidential as our winners are at liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the benefit of the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will be the only one to know what you've won hence, this notification via this medium (EMAIL) to avoid interception of official letters. 
On a final note, you are advised to begin your claim immediately hence, all prizes awards must be claimed and disbursed within 30days of this notification as elapse of the scheduled "End of Claim" date will authorized funds withholding for redirection as abandoned/ unclaimed without notice.
Note: To enhance the processing of your claim by our accredited claim agent, you are advised to officially introduce yourself to the claim agent and also provide them with your valid means of your personal identification with a copy of this awards notification for references.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

At your disposal, we remain.

Very Truly Yours,

ELEANOR  CONANT (Ms.),

Director.

International Promotions Unit,

OVERSEAS GAMBLING BOARD,

Airport Hale Rd Halebarns

Altrincham Cheshire WA15 8XW UK.

An Eynsham mother scooped a Lotto jackpot fortune of £147,516 on Wednesday 19th September, thanks to her dedicated grandparents.

    

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