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

Fraud email example:

From: "UKLOTTERY" <finals_prizenotification@web2mail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 19:52:38 +0500
Subject: PRIZE WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/70
Batch: 074/05/ZY345

FINAL WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear Lucky Winner,

BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you the draw (#1053) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,Online Sweepstakes International Lottery Program held on Tuesday
25th April, 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from a pool of over 25,000 names of distinguished professionals
drawn from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts
of Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions
programme conducted twice in a week to encourage prospective overseas
entries. The internet emailing diea was used, since most people do are not
able to purchase tickets and play outside the UK. We hope with part of your
prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The
result of our computer draw (#1051) selected your name and email address
attached to e-ticket number: 56475612545 187 with Serial number 5368/03 drew
the lucky numbers:

which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e. match 6.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £691,252 (Six
hundred and ninety one thousand, two hundred and fifty two pounds sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/07.This is from a total cash prize
of £2,073,756 (Two million, seventy three thousand, seven hundred and fifty
six pounds sterling), to be shared by you and two others, in this category
i.e. Match 6. You can check your winning by matching your lucky numbers on
our result checking page in the link below
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/winCheck/winCheckerStart.
do Your prize award has been insured in your email and is ready for claims.
To begin your claims therefore, you are advised to expeditiously contact our
licensed and accredited claim agent for Overseas Lottery Winners within a
period of 21 days (date of this email inclusive) for the processing of your
winning and remittance to your designated bank account after all statutory
obligations have been satisfactorily dispensed with.

This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your £691,252 (Six hundred
and ninety one thousand, two hundred and fifty two pounds sterling) would be
released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Please be informed that claims not processed within the stipulated period
may be forfeited to the pool without further notice. Our European agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with
the particulars presented below sending the batch and reference numbers and
these informations below for quick verifications and release of funds.
between the hours of 8.00am - 7.30pm on Monday through Sunday

OVERSEAS CLAIMS UNIT.
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary
Contact Person: Mr. David Jones
Email: overseas_infoclaims@yahoo.co.uk

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and
press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so
desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of
confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems
associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Any lottery
double claim dedected by our monitoring committee will lead to the Uk
national lottery cancelling the winnings. making a loss for both the real
winner, and the fake (intended) claimer.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

At your disposal, we remain.

Very Truly Yours,
Mrs. Calister Green.
The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
You must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

COPYRIGHT © 2006 ALL RIGHT RESERVED.

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