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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.
• 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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447031954448 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • mrmwallens50@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Email Winner <lotto@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: mrmwallens@yahoo.it
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 21:54:53 +0400
Subject: CONGRATS YOU WON


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY , UNITED KINGDOM.PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT 21-25 GRASSMARKET,
EDINBURGH EH1 2HS UNITED KINGDOM.
Dear Winner,
REF: UKNL/26510460037/06
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD
AWARD NOTIFICATION/FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on,
1st may,2006, of Winners of the UK NATIONAL PROMO
LOTTERY, UNITED
KINGDOM,draws held on 18th of April, 2006.
Your email address attached to ticket number
023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers
43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for lump sum pay Out
of
(£1.500.000.00) One Million, five hundred thousand
British Pounds in
cash
credited to
file REF NO.UKNL/26510460037/06. This is from total
prize Money Of
(£25.500.000.00) Twenty-Five Million, five hundred
thousand British
Pounds
shared among the seventeen International winners in
this category.
All participants were selected through a computer
Ballot System drawn
from 25,000 email addresses from Australia, New
Zealand, America,
Europe, North America and Asia as Part of
International Promotions
Program,
which is Conducted Annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Due to the mix up of some numbers and addresses, we
ask that you keep
this Award strictly from Public notice until your
claim has been
processed and released to you.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming by
participants of this program. We hope with a part of
your prize, you
will
participate in our mid-year high stakes £500 Million
International
Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact our
Director,Claims/Remittance
Department:
Mr Mark wallens.
Director,Claims/Remittance Department,
UK NATIONAL PROMO LOTTERY,
EDINBURGH,UNITED KINGDOM.
Contact Email :mrmwallens50@yahoo.it
Phone:
:+44-703-195-4448

He will process and ensure the release of your won prize Money.
Note that all prize money must be claimed not later
than 20th of June, 2006. After this date, all funds shall be returned to
our treasury as unclaimed prize money.
In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications,
please remember
to quote your Reference and batch numbers in every of
your
correspondence with our payment officer.
Congratulations once again!
Yours faithfully,
Mr SIMMONS.
The Promotions Manager,
UK NATIONAL PROMO LOTTERY,EDINBURGH,UNITED KINGDOM.
Note: Contact Mr mark At, mrmwallens50@yahoo.it

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