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

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.LINDA SMITH" <mrs_linda60@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:26:52 +0200
Subject: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

FROM: THE DESK OF UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
P.O.Box 17,KEMPSFORD GL7 4WZ
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.

TICKET NUMBER: 74454774
SERIAL NUMBER: 144-66584
BATCH NUMBER : BT-4478474121P

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

Attn:Winner,

We are please to announce you as one of the 12 lucky winners in the email lottery programme draw of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION held on the 29th of April 2006. All 12 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 10,000,000.00 international emails your email address emerged along side with 12 others as a category 6 winner in this year's lottery
International award Draw.

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes
based on the computer ballot system (THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET
TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).

Consequently, you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of £800,000.00 (EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING)only. The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i)Result winning numbers: 4-10-20-23-46-48-30-7
(iii)Lotto code number: ZPD82649PK
(iii)The file Ref number: HL/05/37504327/ES

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our UK -booklet claims office in (LONDON) as indicated in your coupon and your presence is highly needed in (UK), Where you will go and reclaim your cash, try to come with your original particulars as to enable us to know that you are the true
beneficiary of this lottery.

To begin your claim kindly contact our claiming agent in (UK)
NAME: MR.JOHN COLE
TEL:00 44 703 187 1851
FAX:00 44 870 479 7209
E-MAIL: ukclaims_uk@yahoo.co.uk



The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you, not later than one week after this date. If you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. Call the above number for more details.

ln other to file for your claim,you have to Contact your Lottery Agent with the following informations below:

1.YOUR FULL NAMES..................................................................................................
2.SEX........................................................................................................................
3.YOUR ADDRESS.......................................................................................................
4.YOUR COUNTRY.........................................................................................................
5.NATIONALITY...............................................................................................................
6.YOUR FAX......................................................................................................................
7.HOME PHONE NUMBER ......................................................................................................
8.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER....................................................................................................
9.OCCUPATION.................................................................................................................
10.YOUR AGE....................................................................................................................
11.YOUR LOTTOCODE NUMBER.............................................................................................
12.YOUR REF:NUMBER.......................................................................................................
13.YOUR RESULT WINNING NUMBER...................................................................................
14.YOUR TICKET NUMBER...................................................................................................

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do Inform the CLAIM AGENT as soon as possible. Congratulations once more from our members of staff.

Once again on behalf of all our staff CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely,
MRS.LINDA SMITH
Promotion Director
UK LOTTERY PROMOTION

Anti-fraud resources:

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