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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:
  • "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.
  • britiannationallottery@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • andrewgrant2003@graffiti.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?BRITAIN=20NATIONAL=20LOTTERY?= <britiannationallottery@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:39:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: OFFICIAL WINNING NOTIFICATION!!! CONTACT YOUR AGENT NOW!!!


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

BRITAIN NATIONAL LOTTERY

REF NUMBER: SLI/421/960/05

BATCH NUMBER: ST-688-SN13-05


Dear Winner,


We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our

recent lottery draw held on the 27th of April 2006.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number

27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky

numbers 05-09-17-24-26-38, which consequently won in

the 2nd category.


You have therefore been approved for

a lump sum pay out of $1,500,000.00 (One Million, Five

Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only)

Note that all participants in this lottery program

have been selected randomly through a computer ballot

system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000

individual email addresses from all search engines and

websites. This promotional program takes place every

year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent

personalities like the Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of

Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations. This

is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers

worldwide.


For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you

keep your winning information confidential until your

claims have been processed and your money remitted to

you. This is par t of our security protocol to avoid

double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by

some participants. We look forward to your active

participation in our next year US$50 Million slot.

You are requested to contact our Lottery Coordinator,

Andrew Grant by email: andrewgrant2003@graffiti.net,

this is to assist you with your winnings and

subsequent payments immediately.

All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of

this notice. Please note, in order to avoid

unnecessary delays and complications, remember to

quote your reference number and batch numbers in all

correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any

change of address do inform our agent as soon as

possible.


Congratulations once more and thank you for being part

of our promotional program.


NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE

BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE OR SEEN TO DOUBLE CLAIM THROUGH

ANY OTHER COORDINATOR.


Sincerely yours,


BRITAIN NATIONAL LOTTERY

- BRITAIN NATIONAL LOTTERY

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