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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • mathewbanks_unkloffice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • kelvinkole_unkloffice@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?mathew=20banks?= <mathewbanks_unkloffice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 22:07:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: mathewbanks_unkloffice@yahoo.co.uk

UK-LOTTO Headquarters:

United Kingdom


Customer Service

Ref: UK/00002/YH/68

Batch #: 032/11/369


WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (# 1234) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday, 25th of March, 2006 in MANCHESTER UNITED-KINGDOM.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: UK/000056389 with Serial number 4398/05 drew the lucky numbers:(12,13,25,30,45,47) and the bonus number (42) you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £450,318 ( Four Hundred and FiftyThousand Three Hundred and Eighteen British pounds sterling) in cash, credited to file UK/YH/5674325/05. This is from a total cash prize of £1,350,954 shared amongst the three (3) lucky winners in this category.

All participants for this 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 particular promotion sponsored by Yahoo! Inc. takes place monthly.



Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £450,318 GBP ( Four Hundred and FiftyThousand Three Hundred and Eighteen British pounds sterling) equivalent to $773,418 USD ( Seven Hundred and Seventy Three Thousand Four Hundred and Eighteen) will be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our claims agent will commence the process immediately 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 receive your prize. 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, contact our claims agent below with the following information.

Mr. Kelvin Kole

E-mail: kelvinkole_unkloffice@yahoo.co.uk

FULL NAMES:.........................................

CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................

CITY/STATE:.......................................

COUNTRY:..........................................

NATIONALITY:......................................

SEX:.......................AGE:...................

MARITAL STATUS...................................

TEL NO:...........................................

NEXT OF KIN:......................................

ANNUAL INCOME:....................................

AMOUNT WON:.......................................

REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............

LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............

SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........

Please note the following :

1. All claims are nullified after 20 working days from today.

2. Your Reference number must be in all your mails with the claims officer.

3. Do inform the claims officer of any change of names or addresses.

4. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims agent.

This international promotion is proudly sponsored by Yahoo! Inc. to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. We are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide


Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.


Yours faithfully,

JANE HALL

Online coordinator



- mathew banks

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam