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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 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:
  • "cashiers check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • claimdept_lotto_uk@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: uk_lotto_2006@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 08:58:38 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONGRATULATIONS=20YOU=20HAVE=20WON=2E=2E=2E=2E=2EREPLY=20TO=20CLAIMS=20AGENT=21=21=21?=

The National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION:DEAR WINNER.We happily announce to you the draw(#980)of
the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International Program held on
1st of May.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serialnumber
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 12. 18 . 22. 33. 43 . 48 which subsequently
won you one of the nineteen Jackpot prizes.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of£1,500,000.00(One
Million five hundred thousand Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are stedonline.

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that yourlucky winning number
falls within our United Kingdom booklet representative office in England
as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,your £1,500,000.00 would
be released to you by any of our payment offices in England.

To file for your claim, please contact your claim manager with this emailaddress:Email:
claimdept_lotto_uk@yahoo.co.uk

Contact Person: MR SAMSON JOSEPH.

Provide us with the information below:

1.Name:
2.Address:
3.Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5.Age:
6.Sex:
7.Nationality:
8.Country Of Residence:
9.Telephone Number:
10.Fax Number:
11.Email Address:
12.Draw Number above:980

You are to contact Mr. MR SAMSON JOSEPH. on the above email address for
quick delivery of your Uk-Lotto certfied winnings cashiers check.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, quote your full names,your
country,contact telephone and mobile numbers, complete winning details(Ref,Batch,Serial,
Ticket, File, Lucky numbers) and address whereyou want to receive your check
in your contact mail to MR SAMSON
JOSEPH.and note that this is not a joke neither is it a childs play and
it is 100%
for real. Do not be scared of anything happening to your winnings check
with the ZIP SPEED POST COMPANY LTD as the check is such that no sum can
be deducted from it till it gets to your address and deposited in any bank
of your choice in your country or any in any part of the world for
onward payment by the bank.

For safety measures and to avoid fruadulent claims you are adviced to keep
all about your winnings information and notification confidential and away
from all third parties till your check arrives your address.


Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

MR. Thomas willaiams,

Foreign Remittance Payment Office,
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

Anti-fraud resources:

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