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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • nkl.lotto.info@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: national_lotty@UniFish.de
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:35:34 +0200
Subject: The National Lottery

The National Lottery
Int'l Relations Dept (UKNL-IRD)
213 RegentStreet,
London, W1B 4NF,
United Kingdom.

We are contacting you as aresult of the annual draw
held on 5th April 2006, we wish to usethis medium to
notify you that your funds are ready fordisbursement.

Good day Sir


From the desk of the Coordinator of TheNational
Lottery, we are delighted to bring to your notice that
youare one of our winners. Your email address was
attached to leafletnumber 0230/4879/0459, with online
play raffle Batch number 50/73/11drawn from over ten
(10) million entires and consequently won thelottery
in the 3rd category.

All participants were selected througha computer
ballot system (a quantitative technique of random
sampling)from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Europe, North America, Africa,Middle East and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, whichis
conducted twice annually.

You have therefore been approved for alump sum pay of
£500,000.00 (Five hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling)in
cash credited to Security file No. NL/25013/05 and
lotteryreference No. NL/55488. This is from total
prize money of £4.500,000,00shared among the nine (9)
international winners in this category.

To ensure a smooth collection of your prize, you are
to contact theAward Remittance Officer by email
immediately you receive thisnotification email. Note
that your funds are ready for disbursement assuch you
are expected to respond swiftly to facilitate the
transfer ofyour funds as soon as possible. Please
find his full contact detailsbelow:

Award Remittance Officer
The National Lottery
Name: Mr.Martin S. Henry
Email: nkl.lotto.info@sify.com
Tel/Fax:00448709120648

Please provide the Award Remittance Officer withthe
information below for proper identification of our
rightfulwinner.

1. Your full names:
2. Your address:
3. Telephone/faxnumbers:
4. Occupation/age:
5. Amount won:
6. Batch Number:
7.leaflet Number:
8. Reference Number:
9. Security FileNumber:

Remember, you must contact the Award Remittance
Officer notlater than a week. After this date, your
funds will declared asunclaimed and thereafter given
out to charity, as a result of a breachin
constitutional claim procedures.

Yours Sincerely,
Miss. EricaSimon
Secretary General.
The National Lottery

N.B. Expiring datefor claiming your award is 5th
May, 2006. Please do not reply tothis email address,
please contact the Award Remittance Officer.

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